The serpent in the garden / Janet Gleeson
2003, First Edition. London : Bantam. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 398 pages; Physical description: 398 p. ; 22 cm. Summary: Portrait painter Joshua Pope is interrupted one night by a visitor with a challenge. Twenty years before, he painted a wedding portrait for widower Herbert Bentnick and his bride, Elinor Mercier. Joshua witnessed events which began and ended in murder, and their mystery has never been solved. Subjects: Painters - England - London - History - 18th century - Murder - Fiction. Genre: Fiction -- Crime and mystery -- Thriller. Item #209929
Price: €16.95