Crucible
MacLean, Shona2012
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Total copies: 2
It is Midsummer, 1631. While Alexander Seaton and his fellow masters enjoy the holiday with their students, Robert Sim, librarian of Marischal College, is murdered in a dark alleyway in town. While the university and town authorities investigate the murder, Seaton is asked by the college principal to look into Sim's private life. 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? Crucible is a fantastic historical thriller that imagines deep-rooted deceptions and a secret whose revelation spells danger for anyone who comes close.
Main title:
Crucible / S.G. MacLean.
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Imprint:
London : Quercus, 2012.
Collation:
450p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: as A crucible of secrets. 2011.
ISBN:
9781849163163 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6113.A266
Language:
English
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BRN:
306593