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The Secrets of Life and Death
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- Author
- Rebecca Alexander
- Narrator
- India Fisher, Simon Slater
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 10 October 2013
- Run Time
- 11 hours 38 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Fantasy
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Krakow, 1585
Summoned by the King of Poland to help save his dying niece, Edward Kelley and his master, alchemist and scholar Dr John Dee, discover a dark secret at the heart of The Countess Bathory’s malady.
But perhaps the cure will prove more terrifying than the alternative...
England, 2013
Jackdaw Hammond lives in the shadows, a practitioner and purveyor of occult materials. But when she learns of a young woman found dead on a train, her body covered in arcane symbols, there’s no escaping the attention of police consultant Felix Guichard.
Together they must solve a mystery centuries in the making, or die trying…
Critics Review
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[The Secrets of Life and Death] is a fine addition to the urban fantasy genre and marks Alexander as an author to watch
The Independent on Sunday
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an enjoyable read ... Plenty of tension and some chilling moments kept me going until the very end
crimereview.co.uk
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reminiscent of the masterly Stephen Lloyd Jones
thebookbag.co.uk
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Details
- Author
- Rebecca Alexander
- Narrator
- India Fisher, Simon Slater
- Duration
- 11 hours 38 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 October 2013
- ISBN
- 9781473500679
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Fantasy
Synopsis
Krakow, 1585Summoned by the King of Poland to help save his dying niece, Edward Kelley and his master, alchemist and scholar Dr John Dee, discover a dark secret at the heart of The Countess Bathory’s malady.But perhaps the cure will prove more terrifying than the alternative...England, 2013Jackdaw Hammond lives in the shadows, a practitioner and purveyor of occult materials. But when she learns of a young woman found dead on a train, her body covered in arcane symbols, there’s no escaping the attention of police consultant Felix Guichard.Together they must solve a mystery centuries in the making, or die trying…
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