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London, 1933: An amateur dowsing team searching the Thames for precious metals unearths the body of a young woman with a priceless coin in her mouth. The case falls on Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Joe Sandilands, but he has another, very high-profile assignment. London is hosting a massive economic conference to address the global Depression, and political tensions run high as world leaders stand either with or against a rapidly militarizing Germany. Sandilands is to protect visiting American senator Cornelius Kingstone throughout the conference. But a when a series of bizarre coincidences links the riverbank body to the senator, Joe realizes that Kingstone is caught up in a dangerous game that might cost not just one but thousands of lives.
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A Spider In The Cup, Barbara Cleverly
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- Année de publication
- 2014
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- Titre
- A Spider In The Cup
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Barbara Cleverly
- Éditeur
- Soho Press Inc
- Publié
- 2014
- Format
- souple
- ISBN10
- 1616953764
- ISBN13
- 9781616953768
- Séries
- Joe Sandilands
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Polars & Thrillers, Romans historiques, Polars, Littérature britannique, Polars classiques, Polars historiques
- Évaluation
- 3,85 sur 5
- Description
- London, 1933: An amateur dowsing team searching the Thames for precious metals unearths the body of a young woman with a priceless coin in her mouth. The case falls on Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Joe Sandilands, but he has another, very high-profile assignment. London is hosting a massive economic conference to address the global Depression, and political tensions run high as world leaders stand either with or against a rapidly militarizing Germany. Sandilands is to protect visiting American senator Cornelius Kingstone throughout the conference. But a when a series of bizarre coincidences links the riverbank body to the senator, Joe realizes that Kingstone is caught up in a dangerous game that might cost not just one but thousands of lives.