The Masque of a Murderer: A Mystery (Lucy Campion Mysteries)

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In Susanna Calkinss next richly drawn mystery set in 17th century England Lucy Campion formerly a ladies maid in the local magistrates household has now found gainful employment as a printers apprentice. On a freezing winter afternoon in 1667 she accompanies the magistrates daughter Sarah to the home of a severely injured Quaker man to record his dying words a common practice of the time. The man having been trampled by a horse and cart the night before only has a few hours left to live. Lucy scribbles down the Quaker mans last utterances but shes unprepared for what he reveals to herthat someone deliberately pushed him into the path of the horse because of a secret he had recently uncovered. Fearful that Sarah might be traveling in the company of a murderer Lucy feels compelled to seek the truth with the help of the magistrates son Adam and the local constable. But delving into the dead mans background might prove more dangerous than any of them had imagined. In The Masque of a Murderer Susanna Calkins has once again combined finely wrought characters a richly detailed historical atmosphere and a tightly-plotted mystery into a compelling read.