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A Murder at Rosamund's Gate by Susanna Calkins. A Lucy Campion Mystery.
Review summary: This is a very engaging mystery, mostly because of the hard-working, compassionate, young woman with a sense of humor as the series lead. Too, there is a wide range of characters of all temperaments, providing a contrasting backdrop of conflict to Lucy's noble task. A good balance of murder mystery, history, and romance makes for an appealing story. (Click here for text of full review.)
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A Murder at Rosamund's Gate
Susanna Calkins
A Lucy Campion Mystery
Minotaur Books (April 2013)
Publisher synopsis: For Lucy Campion, a seventeenth-century English chambermaid serving in the household of the local magistrate, life is an endless repetition of polishing pewter, emptying chamber pots, and dealing with other household chores until a fellow servant is ruthlessly killed, and someone she loves is wrongly arrested for the crime. In a time where the accused are presumed guilty until proven innocent, lawyers aren't permitted to defend their clients, and — if the plague doesn't kill them first — public executions draw a large crowd of spectators, Lucy knows she may never see this person alive again. Unless, that is, she can identify the true murderer.
Determined to do just that, Lucy finds herself venturing out of her expected station and into raucous printers' shops, secretive gypsy camps, the foul streets of London, and even the bowels of Newgate prison on a trail that might lead her straight into the arms of the killer.
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