Diana's Altar (A Detective Joe Sandilands Novel)

ISBN: 161695664X

Author: Cleverly, Barbara

Condition: New

Cambridge, 1933. On All Hallows Eve, in a candlelit pew in ancient All Hallows Church, Doctor Adelaide Hartest witnesses a strangers dying moments. Adelaide is just in time to hear his final confession: that he has plunged the dagger into his own chest, and that his death will be a suicide, despite its suspicious appearance.But his confession isnt enough to halt an investigation. The victim, it is revealed, is known to Scotland Yard, and his death is a matter of national concern. Assistant Commissioner Joe Sandilands is sent up from London to discover the truth. Thrown into a deadly ring of cloak-and-dagger intrigue and high-society hedonism, Sandilands chases a phantom killer through Cambridges aristocracy, intelligentsia, cutting-edge researchers, and a clandestine ring of female spies. What secret was the dead man hiding, and what is at stake?