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Ten for dying : a John the Lord Chamberlain mystery

Reed, Mary, author, Mayer, Eric, author, Reed, Mary. John the Lord Chamberlain mystery

2014

Overview

In 548 CE Constantinople and Emperor Justinian, distraught from the death of Empress Theodora, has exiled John, the Lord Chamberlain. At the Church of the Holy Apostles, an Egyptian magician tries to raise the empress from the dead. As the unholy ceremony explodes into chaos, supposed demons vanish into the darkness with one of the city's holiest relics, a fragment of the shroud of the Virgin. Felix, Captain of the Palace Guard, is selected as John's successor. Already juggling his gambling debts, political maneuverings, and an ambitious new mistress, Felix is charged with finding the missing relic, as well. But before Felix's investigation even begins, someone deposits a corpse at his house. A botched attempt to dispose of the body leaves Felix looking suspect. To make matters worse, it seems as if half the city wants to possess the relic, see Felix dead--or both. If only Felix's friend, the shrewd John, were still in the city, but the former Lord Chamberlain has already sailed for Greece. Now Felix enters a fight for his very survival, a crucible in which he cannot cannot tell friend from foe--or worldly dangers from the supernatural.

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Subject: Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565 Fiction. / Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565. / 527 - 565 / John the Eunuch (Fictitious character) Fiction. / John the Eunuch (Fictitious character) / Istanbul (Turkey) Fiction. / Byzantine Empire History Justinian I, 527-565 Fiction. / Byzantine Empire. / Turkey Istanbul.
• ISBN: 9781464202292, 146420229X, 9781464202278, 1464202273

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS3568.E36768 T45 2014	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE