Instruments of Darkness by Imogen Robertson

Crowther are both razor-sharp minds and their personalities breathe spirit into this gripping historical mystery. 2010) Publisher: Headline Review ISBN: 0755348419 This first novel from a talented tv, radio and film director is written in a natural evocative style that one associates with authors of quality such as Jane Austen or more recently with Patrick OBrian. Instruments of Darkness combines the brooding atmosphere of Anne Perry with the complex, compelling detail of Tess Gerritsen, moving from drawing room to dissecting room, from coffee house to country inn. Robertson, Imogen - Instruments of Darkness Paperback: 448 pages (Apr. His death will lead back to Sussex, and to an explosive secret that has already destroyed one family and threatens many others.

The same day, Alexander Adams is slain by an unknown killer in his London music shop, leaving his children orphaned. It is the home of a once- great family that has been reduced to an ailing invalid, his whorish wife, and his alcoholic second son, a man haunted by his years spent as a redcoat in the Revolutionary War. Westerman has sensed the menace of neighboring Thornleigh Hall, seat of the Earl of Sussex. Instruments of Darkness by Imogen Robertson Comment on this title Synopses & Reviews ISBN13: 9780143120407 ISBN10: 0143120409 Condition: Standard All Product Details Synopses & Reviews Publisher Comments An intricate historical page-turner about a forbidding country estate and the unlikely forensic duo who set out to uncover its deadly secrets. Not one to be bound by convention or to shy away from adventure, she recruits a reclusive local anatomist named Gabriel Crowther to help her find the murderer, and historical suspense's newest investigative duo is born.įor years, Mrs. In the year 1780, Harriet Westerman, the willful mistress of a country manor in Sussex, finds a dead man on her grounds with a ring bearing the crest of Thornleigh Hall in his pocket. An intricate historical page-turner about a forbidding country estate and the unlikely forensic duo who set out to uncover its deadly secrets.