The Secrets of Life and Death - Secrets (Paperback)

Rebecca Alexander (author)

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Paperback 448 Pages / Published: 13/03/2014

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Synopsis

Destined to die.
Saved by Fate.

1585. When Edward Kelley and his master, Dr John Dee, discover a dark secret at the heart of the Countess Elizabeth Bathory's illness, they fear the cure will prove more terrifying than death...

2013. When Jackdaw Hammond learns of a young woman found dead on a train, her body covered in arcane symbols, she must finish what Kelley and Dee started, or die trying...

Publisher: Cornerstone
ISBN: 9780091953249
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 302 g
Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 27 mm

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[The Secrets of Life and Death] is a fine addition to the urban fantasy genre and marks Alexander as an author to watch * The Independent on Sunday *
an enjoyable read ... Plenty of tension and some chilling moments kept me going until the very end * crimereview.co.uk *
reminiscent of the masterly Stephen Lloyd Jones * thebookbag.co.uk *
Alexander has crafted a gripping page-turner successfully blending history and fiction with magic and sorcery; truly a wonderfully and uniquely inspired novel. * Historical Novel Society *
Immersive and fascinating...Don't miss this one. -- Mur Lafferty, John W. Campbell Award-winning author of The Shambling Guides