The Custom House Murders |
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| Author:
| Gardner, Ashley
Ashley, Jennifer M. |
| Series title: | Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-951041-29-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2020 |
| Publisher: | JA / AG Publishing
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $3.99 |
Book Description:
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When Captain Lacey encounters an old army friend who, returning from Antigua, is being accused of smuggling and possibly murder, he decides to help the man, who has always been honorable. Meanwhile James Denis has given Lacey a task, to deliver a mysterious package to a man with an office near the Custom House on the bank of the Thames. Lacey, who has been drawn into danger delivering items for Denis before, opens the package beforehand to find a single chess piece, a white queen.The...
More DescriptionWhen Captain Lacey encounters an old army friend who, returning from Antigua, is being accused of smuggling and possibly murder, he decides to help the man, who has always been honorable. Meanwhile James Denis has given Lacey a task, to deliver a mysterious package to a man with an office near the Custom House on the bank of the Thames. Lacey, who has been drawn into danger delivering items for Denis before, opens the package beforehand to find a single chess piece, a white queen.The piece tells Lacey nothing, but he soon realizes it plays deeply into Denis's ongoing battle for control of London's underworld.