England expects
By: Sara Sheridan
Series: A Mirabelle Bevan mystery -- 3
Publisher: Polygon; Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781846972904; 9780857907813; 9781846972812
Subjects: Fiction; Mirabelle Bevan (Fictitious character); History
Description: Set during the summer heatwave of 1953, 'England Expects' finds Mirabelle and Vesta investigating the seemingly unrelated murders of a racing journalist and a cleaning woman. Their searches lead them through Brighton Pavilion's crumbling passageways to the quad of a Cambridge college and finally into the shady underworld of Brighton freemasonry. And, while not on the murder trail, Vesta has to make some difficult decisions about her personal life.