Set in London during the Restoration period featuring this series sees architect Christopher Redmayne and a Puritan Constable, Jonathan Bale, form an unlikely alliance which sees them successful solve a series of crimes together.
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Meeting in the ashes of a London ravaged by the Great Fire, Christopher Redmayne, an architect with Cavalier instincts, and Jonathan Bale, a Puritan constable, are hardly kindred spirits. Redmayne dedicates himself to rebuilding the city that Bale believes was destroyed by its own inner co...
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Acclaimed beauty and singer Harriet Gow has earned a position envied by many women of the Restoration period: she is the King's favourite mistress. After seeing her perform, Christopher Redmayne is also captivated and the impression Harriet made is still lingering in his mind when he is su...
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Could the disappearance of Sir Julius Cheever’s son, a notorious rakehell, and the fact that a blackmailer is terrorising London’s most dissolute fops be connected? Divided by politics but united in a desire to see justice done, Christopher Redmayne and Jonathan Bale join toget...
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Christmas, 1669. In the grip of the coldest winter for years, the River Thames is frozen from bank to bank and London celebrates with a traditional frost fair held on its broad back. Among the throng are Christopher Redmayne, an ambitious young architect, and his good friend Co...
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London, 1670. Commissioned to design and build a new house for Francis Polegate, a merchant, Christopher Redmayne is pleased when the project is completed without a hitch. To celebrate the success of the venture, Polegate throws a party and invites Christopher as the guest of honour. But t...
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Another heady Restoration mystery with the much loved character of Christopher Redmayne. Marston's period romps teem with authentic detail and have made him one of A&B's most popular writers.
A beautiful woman. An unrequited love. An excuse for murder.
Araminta Jewell is one of the b...
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