Title: The serpent in the garden
Description: Portrait painter Joshua Pope is interrupted one night by a visitor with a challenge. Twenty years before, he painted a wedding portrait for widower Herbert Bentnick and his bride, Elinor Mercier.Joshua witnessed events which began and ended in murder, and their mystery has never been solved.

Portrait painter Joshua Pope is interrupted one night by a visitor with a challenge. Twenty years before, he painted a wedding portrait for widower Herbert Bentnick and his bride, Elinor Mercier. Joshua witnessed events which began and ended in murder, and their mystery has never been solved.
Subjects: Painters, Fiction, History, Women gardeners, Murder, Investigation, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, humorous, general
Places: England, London, Great Britain
Time periods: 18th century, 1714-1837