Death of a Pilgrim - Softcover

Dickinson, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569476233 ISBN 13: 9781569476239

Publisher: Soho Constable, 2010

Synopsis

In 1905, a pilgrim is killed in Le-Puy-en-Velay, France, and Lord Francis Powerscourt is summoned to investigate. More deaths plague pilgrims traveling to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, before Powerscourt solves the murders.

About this title

About the Author:

David Dickinson was born in Dublin. He graduated from Cambridge with an honors degree before joining the BBC. He worked in British television for many years and now divides his time between Somerset and France.

From Publishers Weekly:

Set in France in 1906, Dickinson's eighth Lord Powerscourt investigation (after 2008's Death on the Holy Mountain) visits Agatha Christie terrain with limited success. When Englishman John Delaney dies on a family pilgrimage organized by his unscrupulous American cousin, magnate Michael Delaney (who once bought all the copies of a book that labeled him a robber baron), Powerscourt concludes that John was murdered, but the aristocrat's deductions concerning the person responsible don't come in time to prevent further deaths. Indeed, the killer continues his mysterious vendetta against the Delaney family, racking up an impressive body count. The mechanical unmasking of the culprit and the stock ending aren't up to the author's usual high standard. Hopefully, Dickinson, who has a real gift for evoking period and creating well-rounded characters, will come up with a stronger story line next time. (Mar.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Soho Constable
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1569476233
• ISBN 13: 9781569476239
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320