In the second case recorded by Benjamin Franklin's young charge and assistant Nick Handy, the great Doctor Franklin is confronted with a shocking event. While attending a mummers' play at the home of a popular merchant Roddy Fairbrass on Christmas Eve 1757, their host suddenly collapses and dies. Although the bereaved family denies it, Franklin is convinced that he has witnessed a murder. Franklin had been to the Fairbrass home one time before to investigate the report of a ghost and now believes that there must be some sinister connection between the two events. Determined to uncover the truth, the intrepid inventor and statesman, accompanied by Nick, unravels a tangled plot of intrigue and scandal while matching wits with some of London's most notorious criminal minds.
| ISBN: | 9780812217902 |
| Publication date: | 5th September 2001 |
| Author: | Robert Lee Hall |
| Publisher: | Pine Street Books an imprint of University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Pine Street Books |
| Genres: |
Fiction |