
Category: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novel
Language: EnglishKeywords: Justice Belstrang Medieval Mystery
Written by John Pilkington
Read by Christopher Saul
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Deliverance
Justice Belstrang Mysteries, Book 3
By: John Pilkington
Narrated by: Christopher Saul
Series: Justice Belstrang Mystery, Book 3
Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 15-06-2023
Language: English
Publisher: W. F. Howes Ltd
England, 1618.
At his manor of Thirldon, ex-Justice Belstrang - still at loggerheads with his old rival Justice Standishâreceives devastating news: King James intends to purchase the estate for his favourite, the Marquis of Buckinghamâand Belstrang must comply.
In the ensuing turmoil, while his son-in-law George petitions the King on his behalf, Belstrang receives a plea from a dying friend, Sir Richard Mountford, to visit him at Foxhill Manor. To take his mind off his troubles Belstrang goesâand discovers things are not so simple.
Sir Richard is not dying, but desperate. His brother John has been killed in an explosion at the family’s iron foundry, down in the remote Forest of Dean. They cast cannons for the Royal Armouries: a privileged and lucrative business. But Sir Richard does not believe John’s death was an accident.
Meanwhile, Mountford’s cold-hearted son Francis treats him as an invalid. He fears things are being kept from himâand implores Belstrang to investigate.
The mystery deepens when a forester who was seen talking to Belstrang is murdered.
Only after a violent confrontation on the bleak salt-marshes does the truth begin to unfoldâand its implications reach far beyond England’s shores.
This time Belstrang must follow the trail to a very bitter end, which could be the making of himâor cause his undoing.
©2021 John Pilkington (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd
P.S. If you say thank you, you get another book. ;)
Deliverance
Justice Belstrang Mysteries, Book 3
By: John Pilkington
Narrated by: Christopher Saul
Series: Justice Belstrang Mystery, Book 3
Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 15-06-2023
Language: English
Publisher: W. F. Howes Ltd
England, 1618.
At his manor of Thirldon, ex-Justice Belstrang - still at loggerheads with his old rival Justice Standishâreceives devastating news: King James intends to purchase the estate for his favourite, the Marquis of Buckinghamâand Belstrang must comply.
In the ensuing turmoil, while his son-in-law George petitions the King on his behalf, Belstrang receives a plea from a dying friend, Sir Richard Mountford, to visit him at Foxhill Manor. To take his mind off his troubles Belstrang goesâand discovers things are not so simple.
Sir Richard is not dying, but desperate. His brother John has been killed in an explosion at the family’s iron foundry, down in the remote Forest of Dean. They cast cannons for the Royal Armouries: a privileged and lucrative business. But Sir Richard does not believe John’s death was an accident.
Meanwhile, Mountford’s cold-hearted son Francis treats him as an invalid. He fears things are being kept from himâand implores Belstrang to investigate.
The mystery deepens when a forester who was seen talking to Belstrang is murdered.
Only after a violent confrontation on the bleak salt-marshes does the truth begin to unfoldâand its implications reach far beyond England’s shores.
This time Belstrang must follow the trail to a very bitter end, which could be the making of himâor cause his undoing.
©2021 John Pilkington (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd
P.S. If you say thank you, you get another book. ;)