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Cambridge, 1933. On All Hallows' Eve, in a candlelit pew in ancient All Hallows Church, Doctor Adelaide Hartest witnesses a stranger's 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 isn't 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 highsociety hedonism, Sandilands chases a phantom killer through Cambridge's aristocracy, intelligentsia, cutting-edge researchers, and a clandestine ring of female spies. What secret was the dead man hiding, and what is at stake?
About the Author
Barbara was born in the north of England and after graduating from the University of Durham moved to the south. She lived in Suffolk for many years but has now made her home in the middle of Cambridge surrounded by wonderful architecture, coffee shops and bookshops.Her first novel, 'The Last Kashmiri Rose' starring Joe Sandilands, Scotland Yard detective and WW1 hero, was well received and named a 'Book of the Year' by the New York Times.The third in the series ('The Damascened Blade') won the C.W.A. Historical Dagger award.The thirteenth Sandilands book will appear next May 2016.A book of short stories has just been published: 'The New Cambridge Mysteries' and a fresh project - a swirling Scottish Romance set in the days of the Clearances will be out soon. 'The Corn Maiden' will be available in early December 2015.
