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Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie
by Kathy Lynn Emerson
ISBN: 0312151233
ISBN-13: 9780312151232
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Lady Susanna Appleton is the independent and educated wife of Sir Robert Appleton, who travels abroad as an emissary of Queen Elizabeth. While Sir Robert is in France, word comes that a servant at his ancestral home, John Bexwith, was killed, supposedly by a ghost. Lady Susanna takes it upon herself to go to the family home and take care of the dilapidated manor which had been abandoned by the frightened servants after the incident. There she discovers not only family secrets, but also clues to John Bexwith's not-so-supernatural demise.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Published date: 1997
Size: 6 x 8.75 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Pages: 218
Publisher's Notes
Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie is a delightfully cozy Elizabethan mystery introducing Susanna, Lady Appleton. When her husband's steward dies in a unique, ignominious, and highly suspicious manner, Susanna takes advantage of her husband's absence on a political mission for Queen Elizabeth to investigate Bexwith's mysterious demise. The serving wench who found Bexwith claims that he was frightened to death by a ghost, but Susanna can think of several poisons that could have been concealed in a marrow-bone pie. (Susanna is something of an expert on poisons, having been inspired by her sister's fatal encounter with some poisonous berries to write a cautionary herbal for housewives.). Even if Bexwith was poisoned, was it accidental or intentional? As if the case weren't complicated enough, Susanna must also unmask a "ghost" - or are the ghost and the poisoner one and the same?
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Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie
Emerson, Kathy Lynn
St. Martin's Press, 1997. Hardcover. Grade: C. Catalog: Mystery General Synopsis: 218 pages. First Edition. Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie is a delightfully cozy Elizabethan mystery introducing Susanna, Lady Appleton. When her hus... ( more information) Offered by www.1stChoiceUsedBooks.com (United States)
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Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie
Emerson, Kathy Lynn
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1997 NEW Hardcover / NEW Dustjacket. Slight shelf rub to Dj. *. First Edition. Hard Cover. Brand New. ( more information) Offered by vox_books (United States)
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Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie
Emerson, Kathy Lynn
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. 1st ed. Hard cover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Protected in mylar. Elizabethan Mysteries. First printing. 218 p.; 22 cm. ( more information) Offered by Pulpfiction Books (Canada)
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Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie
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NY: St. Martin's Press, 1997. A great historical mystery series featuring Susanna, Lady Appleton as the smart sleuth solving crimes in Elizabethan England. Jacket rubbed. The author's first novel for adults and the first book in the Face Down series. 218 pages. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Old Saratoga Books (United States)
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FACE DOWN IN THE MARROW BONE PIE
Emerson, Kathy Lynn
St Martin's Press. Fine, dust jacket only. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312151233 . SIGNED First American edition, first printing. Signed on inside title page by Author. Contains numberline 1 - 10. Virtually no wear to the jacket!! Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. The book itself is in Near Fine condition with no marks or scratches. The binding is straight and tight, pages are white. NO remainder mark.; Signed By Author . ( more information) Offered by The Book Scouts (United States)
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Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie : An Elizabethan Mystery (Elizabethan Myst eries)
Emerson, Kathy Lynn
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur. March 15, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A wonderful tight clean first edition(signed), protected in a new brodart w rapper,unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition. Emerson introduces an unconventional Elizabethan sleuth in this entertaining first installment of a new mystery series. Ignoring the express wishes of her husband, Lady Susanna Appleton, expert herbalist and astute judge of human nature, travels to Lancashire to investigate the sudden death of John Bexwith, senior steward of Appleton Manor. ( more information) Offered by Infinity Books Japan (Japan)
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Face Down in the Morrow Bone Pie **Signed**
Emerson, Kathy Lynn
New York: St Martin Press, 1997. Face Down in the Morrow Bone Pie, Face Down upon an Herbal and Face Down Among The Winchester Geese. 3 Book Set ALL SIGNED to Diane by the Author on the Title page. 1st edition, 1st printing. With corresponding number line. Books are in Near Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges have a tiny bit of shelf wear. Interiors are clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jackets are in Near Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Are covered by Mylar Brodart. All-ways well boxed All-ways fast service. Thanks.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ( more information) Offered by All-Ways Fiction (United States)
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