TY  - BOOK
AU  - Taylor, Andrew,
TI  - The shadows of London
SN  - 9780008494124
AV  - PR6070.A79 S47 2023
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - London : 
PB  - HarperCollins Publishers
KW  - Marwood, James,
KW  - Charles
KW  - Great Fire, London, England, 1666
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Architects
KW  - Dwellings
KW  - Remodeling
KW  - Private investigators
KW  - Mass murder investigation
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Nobility
KW  - Conspiracies
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Charles II, 1660-1685
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - fast
KW  - Historical fiction
N1  - Maps on endpapers; Sequel to: The royal secret
N2  - The damage caused by the Great Fire still overshadows the capital. When a man's brutally disfigured body is discovered in the ruins of an ancient almshouse, architect Cat Hakesby is ordered to stop restoration work. It is obvious he has been murdered, and Whitehall secretary James Marwood is ordered to investigate. It's possible the victim could be one of two local men who have vanished - the first, a feckless French tutor connected to the almshouse's owner; the second, a possibly treacherous employee of the Council of Foreign Plantations. The pressure on Marwood mounts as Charles II's most influential courtiers, Lord Arlington and the Duke of Buckingham, show an interest in his activities - and Marwood soon begins to suspect the murder trail may lead right to the heart of government. Meanwhile, a young, impoverished Frenchwoman has caught the eye of the king, a quiet affair that will have monumental consequences
ER  -