Press enter after choosing selection

The Devil's Breath

Harris, Tessa. Book - 2014 Mystery 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

Cover image for The devil's breath

Sign in to request

Locations
Call Number: Mystery
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length Call Number Checkout Length Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor
4-week checkout
Mystery 4-week checkout On Shelf

"A man staggers out of his cottage into the streets of Oxfordshire, shattering an otherwise peaceful evening with the terrible sight of his body shaking and heaving, eyes wild with horror. Many of the villagers believe the Devil himself has entered Joseph Makepeace, the latest victim of a "great fog" that darkens the skies over England like a Biblical plague. When Joseph's son and daughter are found murdered - heads bashed in by a shovel - the town's worst suspicions are confirmed: Evil is abroad, and needs to be banished. A brilliant man of science, Dr. Thomas Silkstone is not one to heed superstition. But when he arrives at the estate of the lovely widow Lady Lydia Farrell, he finds that it's not just her grain and livestock at risk. A shroud of mystery surrounds Lydia's lost child, who may still be alive in a workhouse. A natural disaster fills the skies with smoke and ash, clogging the lungs of all who breathe it in. And the grisly details of a father's crime compels Dr. Silkstone to look for answers beyond his medical books - between the Devil and the deep blue sea..."--Page 4 of cover.

REVIEWS & SUMMARIES

Library Journal Review
Publishers Weekly Review
Summary / Annotation
Fiction Profile
Author Notes

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

No community reviews. Write one below!

Cover image for The devil's breath

SERIES
Dr. Thomas Silkstone mystery.



PUBLISHED
New York : Kensington, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: 356 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780758267009
0758267002

SUBJECTS
Silkstone, Thomas (Fictitious character)
Oxfordshire (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
Mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.