- Publisher: Quercus
- Year: 2024
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 480pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 196x127mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.3kg
- ISBN: 9781849163163
- Product code: 541369
Crucible of Secrets
Alexander Seaton 3
SG MacLean New Paperback
Postscript summary
After taking a delivery of some mysterious books on alchemy in 1631, librarian Robert Sim is murdered and the books have vanished. His friend Alexander Seaton is called on to help the authorities with their investigation but another death occurs before a long-held deception comes to light and enables him to piece together the truth.
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Knowledge is power, and when it gets in the wrong hands it can be lethal. Alchemy and murder combine in a gripping race against time from the CWA award-winning author of The Seeker.
'One of the best writers of historical crime' The Times
Aberdeen, 1631. University librarian Robert Sim takes receipt of a gift of books recently arrived from overseas, mysterious works on alchemy and hermetics - the pursuit of ancient knowledge. By nightfall he has been brutally murdered.
His colleague and good friend Alexander Seaton is left with the task of hunting for clues as to his killer's motive, as well as locating the missing books. What did Sim discover in the package, and what makes these books so dangerous?
'One of the best writers of historical crime' The Times
Aberdeen, 1631. University librarian Robert Sim takes receipt of a gift of books recently arrived from overseas, mysterious works on alchemy and hermetics - the pursuit of ancient knowledge. By nightfall he has been brutally murdered.
His colleague and good friend Alexander Seaton is left with the task of hunting for clues as to his killer's motive, as well as locating the missing books. What did Sim discover in the package, and what makes these books so dangerous?
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After taking a delivery of some mysterious books on alchemy in 1631, librarian Robert Sim is murdered and the books have vanished. His friend Alexander Seaton is called on to help the authorities with their investigation but another death occurs before a long-held deception comes to light and enables him to piece together the truth.
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