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Murder in Grub Street

by Bruce Alexander

ISBN: 0425155501
ISBN-13: 9780425155509
Format: Paperback

Summary

Orphan Jeremy Proctor is beside himself because his guardian, Sir John Fielding, has arranged for him to be apprenticed to bookdealer and publisher Ezekiel Crabb. Before Jeremy can begin, however, Crabb and his family are hacked to death in their own home and the likely culprit is their houseguest, poet John Clayton. Even though Clayton was found with axe in hand, Fielding thinks something is amiss. Fielding, a blind magistrate, wants more evidence and recruits his friends to do the legwork. His motley crew of resourceful sleuths include a pickpocket, a gambler, a publisher, and the eager Jeremy.

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"Fielding sets a trap that snares the villains in a stunning double climax. Especially noteworthy are scenes of Sir John in action at the Bow Street Court."

-- Publishers Weekly

"Bruce Alexander's Murder in Grub Street lustily indulges one of the more difficult feats in historical fiction-and one of the most enjoyable when it is done well, which in this case it is."

-- Washington Post Book World

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
Published date: 1996
Size: 4 x 6.5 inches
Weight: 0.35 pounds

Publisher's Notes

The crime appeared as easily solved as it was wicked. A Grub Street printer, his family, and two apprentices brutally murdered in their sleep. A locked building. And at the scene, a raving mad poet brandishing a bloody axe. Surely the culprit had been found, and justice would be swift and severe.

Other Editions

Hardcover - Putnam Pub Group (1995) - from $1.00
Paperback Reissue - Berkley Pub Group (1996) - from $1.00

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