The Scent of Death, A Novel of Suspense by Andrew Taylor, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Scent of Death by Andrew Taylor

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $1.99 (as of 06/29/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

Winner of the 2013 CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger.

Edward Savill, a London clerk from the American Department, is assigned to New York to investigate the claims of dispossessed loyalists caught on the wrong side of the American War of Independence.

Surrounded by its enemies, British Manhattan is a melting pot of soldiers, profiteers, double agents and a swelling tide of refugees seeking justice from the Crown.

Savill lodges with the respected Wintour family: the old Judge, his ailing wife and their enigmatic daughter-in-law Arabella. The family lives in limbo, praying for the safe return of Jack Wintour, Arabella's husband, who is missing behind rebel lines.

The discovery of a body in the notorious slums of Canvas Town thrusts Savill into a murder inquiry. But in the escalating violence of a desperate city, why does one death matter? Because the secret this killing hides could be the key to power for whoever uncovers it …

— The Scent of Death by Andrew Taylor

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