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The Secrets of Life and Death

By: Rebecca Alexander
Narrated by: India Fisher, Simon Slater
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Krakow, 1585

Summoned by the King of Poland to help save his dying niece, Edward Kelley and his master, alchemist and scholar Dr John Dee, discover a dark secret at the heart of The Countess Bathory’s malady.

But perhaps the cure will prove more terrifying than the alternative...

England, 2013

Jackdaw Hammond lives in the shadows, a practitioner and purveyor of occult materials. But when she learns of a young woman found dead on a train, her body covered in arcane symbols, there’s no escaping the attention of police consultant Felix Guichard.

Together they must solve a mystery centuries in the making, or die trying…

 Fantasy Science Fiction Fiction
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Critic reviews

[The Secrets of Life and Death] is a fine addition to the urban fantasy genre and marks Alexander as an author to watch
an enjoyable read ... Plenty of tension and some chilling moments kept me going until the very end
reminiscent of the masterly Stephen Lloyd Jones
All stars
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Wish the second and third was an audio book loved it. Great story. I liked thst there was more then one voice reading this book out

One of my favourites

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