Murders and other confusions
Subtitle: the chronicles of Susanna, Lady Appleton, 16th century gentlewoman, herbalist and sleuth
By: [Kathy Lynn Emerson].
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crippen & Landru Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Norfolk, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Appleton, Susanna, Lady (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.; Women detectives -- England -- Fiction.; Historical fiction, American.; Detective and mystery stories, American.; Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In these eleven stories (five of which are previously unpublished), Susanna investigates a body found in a dovecote, death by Devil's Turnips, the woman whose babies always died by being "overlaid," the use of a Neck Verse to save a condemned prisoner's life, the mysterious tavern sign of a woolsack, and other cases full of the color and danger of the 16th century.
Notes: LC copy signed by author.