Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie: An Elizabethan Mystery (Elizabethan Mysteries)
While husband Sir Robert tends to business for Elizabeth I in France, Susanna Appleton journeys to his neglected Lancashire estate, where an alleged ghost has caused the death of the estate's steward. Better educated than many men, and in the process of writing a book on herbs and poisonous plants, Susanna suspects that someone poisoned the steward. A nice rural flavor, complete with authentic rustics, living conditions, and social customs, blend with family secrets and a slightly twisted plot to make this an enticing first historical for all collections.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.