Death at the wedding feast
By: Deryn Lake
Edition: First large print edition.
Series: A John Rawlings mystery
Publisher: Severn House Large Print
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Sutton, Surrey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780727872579
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: John Rawlings (Fictitious character); Fiction; Pharmacists; History
Description: CRIME & MYSTERY. This is an Apothecary John Rawlings Georgian mystery Apothecary. John Rawlings has travelled to Devon to be by the side of his mistress, Elizabeth di Lorenzi, who is due to give birth to their child. Leaving his shop - and his new carbonated water business - in good hands, John is presented with a surprise on his arrival at Sidmouth Bay. While Elizabeth is recuperating, he learns that Lady Sidmouth's daughter, Miranda, is to marry the Earl of St Austell, who is fifty-four years her senior. The Earl has a cruel reputation and John feels that no good will come of this unlikely match. As the wedding day approaches, John feels increasingly uneasy, and he is especially mindful of a vision his daughter, Rose, had about an evil old woman who may do him harm. Before too long John's fears are confirmed, and he soon finds himself at the centre of a murderous plot that must be unravelled ...