| Description |
1 online resource (223 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
From master of suspense Ellis Peters come two chilling tales of justice, deception, and revenge The jury foreman trembles as he delivers the verdict. After a grueling trial, the erudite and elegant Louis Stevenson has been found guilty of murder—and sentenced to death. A ripple of excitement goes through the courtroom, and Stevenson rises to make a final statement. He’s innocent, he insists, and for condemning him, he swears cosmic vengeance on four men: the prosecutor, the foreman, the judge, and the true killer of Zoë Trevor. On their heads, he places the Assize of the Dying, a medieval curse that ensures they’ll be dead within a month. In “The Assize of the Dying” and “Aunt Helen,” Ellis Peters is at her best—and murder and elegance go hand in hand. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy.
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Murder -- Fiction.
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Detective and mystery stories.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995. Assize of the dying / London : Headline, 1991, c1958. 0747204063 : (WlAbNL)LLGCb10435575 |
| Standard No. |
9781480417793 |
| ISBN |
9781480417793 (e-pub) |
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