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Bad Blood Will Out
(2018)(The fourth book in the Ashmole Foxe Georgian Mystery series)
A novel by William Savage
Ashmole Foxe investigates two cases, both involving poisoned relationships from the past. A wealthy man dies amongst his own guests and a series of murders occupy centre stage at one of Norwich's main theatres.
Foxe is approached by the mayor of Norwich and the manager of one of its oldest theatres, both wanting him to investigate sudden, baffling deaths. Foxe loathes the theatre manager, so he does all he can to avoid being drawn into the man's tale of ghostly apparitions and the murder of a has-been actor. Instead, he turns to the mayor's request - to solve the killing of a rich merchant. In the end, of course, his curiosity is going to drag him into investigating both mysteries.
How did someone stab the merchant as he was hosting a grand masquerade ball surrounded by his guests - without anyone seeing what happened? What has an actress dead for twenty years to do with the murder of someone who shouldn't even have been in the current cast?
Urged on by cryptic messages from a local Cunning Woman and supported by his extended household and the street-children of the city, Foxe is soon entangled in webs of secrecy and deceit going back into the past and outwards as far as London itself.
"Bad Blood Will Out" is Book 4 of the Ashmole Foxe mystery series. Like the rest, it's set in the fascinating world of 1760s England. The story shows how betrayal, greed, ambition and grief lead to a toxic mix of thwarted passions, grim obsession and slow-burning hatred. Before the end, it's going to bring Foxe face-to-face with the most callous, cold-hearted and remorseless killer he has ever known.
Genre: Mystery
Foxe is approached by the mayor of Norwich and the manager of one of its oldest theatres, both wanting him to investigate sudden, baffling deaths. Foxe loathes the theatre manager, so he does all he can to avoid being drawn into the man's tale of ghostly apparitions and the murder of a has-been actor. Instead, he turns to the mayor's request - to solve the killing of a rich merchant. In the end, of course, his curiosity is going to drag him into investigating both mysteries.
How did someone stab the merchant as he was hosting a grand masquerade ball surrounded by his guests - without anyone seeing what happened? What has an actress dead for twenty years to do with the murder of someone who shouldn't even have been in the current cast?
Urged on by cryptic messages from a local Cunning Woman and supported by his extended household and the street-children of the city, Foxe is soon entangled in webs of secrecy and deceit going back into the past and outwards as far as London itself.
"Bad Blood Will Out" is Book 4 of the Ashmole Foxe mystery series. Like the rest, it's set in the fascinating world of 1760s England. The story shows how betrayal, greed, ambition and grief lead to a toxic mix of thwarted passions, grim obsession and slow-burning hatred. Before the end, it's going to bring Foxe face-to-face with the most callous, cold-hearted and remorseless killer he has ever known.
Genre: Mystery
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