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The Piccadilly Plot

Adventures of Thomas Chaloner, Book 7

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The seventh adventure in the Thomas Chaloner series.

Thomas Chaloner is relieved to be summoned back to London. His master, the Earl of Clarendon, has sent him to Tangier to investigate a case of corruption. Chaloner will be glad to be home, to be reunited with his new wife, but the trivial reason for his recall exasperates him - the theft of material from the construction site of Clarendon's embarrassingly sumptuous new house just north of Piccadilly.

Within hours of his return, Chaloner considers these thefts even more paltry as he is thrust into extra investigations involving threats of assassination, a stolen corpse and a scheme to frame the queen for treason. Yet there are connections from them all which thread through the unfinished Clarendon House....

©2021 Susanna Gregory (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK Fiction Historical Mystery England

Critic reviews

"Fans will be pleased to hear that Susanna Gregory has yet again hit on a winning formula of taking a likeable main character, involving him in a gripping plot and setting them within a commendably realistic setting. It is another bravura performance." (Historical Novels Review)

"Pungent with historical detail." (Irish Times)

"A richly imagined world of colourful medieval society and irresistible monkish sleuthing." (Good Book Guide)

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after listening to Mathew Bartholomew and often going back to listen again , it's taken me a while to fully get into this series but got to say they are fantastic . each new book has twists and turns and great plots . narrator is excellent too suiting characters from the times perfectly looking forward to rest of series Susanne Gregory by far my favourite author at moment

great story as always

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Of all the Thomas Chaloner books I've read this is the one I have enjoyed the most so far.

Fiendish plot

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Would have liked even more of the background of Westminster’s governance and the workings of parliament

The dramatisation of history

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