A Rustle of Silk
by Alys Clare
2021-01-06 20:20:07
Introducing Dr Gabriel Taverner in the first of a gripping series of British mysteries set in early seventeenth-century DevonDevon, 1607. Gabriel Taverner, former ship''s surgeon turned country physician, is called to examine a rotting body found imp...
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Introducing Dr Gabriel Taverner in the first of a gripping series of British mysteries set in early seventeenth-century DevonDevon, 1607. Gabriel Taverner, former ship''s surgeon turned country physician, is called to examine a rotting body found impaled on a blade. Identifying the corpse seems a hopeless task and the death is declared a suicide.But Gabriel is not satisfied and re-examines the body - making the first of a series of shocking discoveries that will lead him deep into the dark underbelly of the lucrative silk trade. As he investigates, Gabriel realises that not only was the death a murder - but even worse, he had a personal connection with the corpse.
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