
The Prophet
Martine Bailey(Author)
Severn House (Publisher)
Published on 26. February 2021
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-7278-9103-7 (ISBN)
Description
Cheshire. May Day, 1753. Tabitha De Vallory's perfect life is shaken when a girl is slaughtered beneath the Mondrem Oak on her family's forest estate. Nearby, enigmatic Baptist Gunn is convinced that a second messiah will be born, amid blood and strife, close to the oak on Midsummer's Day. Could the murder be linked to Gunn's cryptic prophecy?
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Series
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Canongate Books
Product notice
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 146 mm
Width: 223 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7278-9103-7 (9780727891037)
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Martine Bailey is the author of two previous mysteries: An Appetite for Violets, selected by Booklist as one of their Top Ten crime fiction debuts, and A Penny Heart was one of the The Sunday Times Top Summer Reads in 2015. She lives in Cheshire, England.
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