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Murder in Grub Street (2nd in the Sir John Fielding mystery series)
Murder in Grub Street - 2nd in the Sir John Fielding mystery series Author:Bruce Alexander In this second adventure, Sir John Fielding, a blind magistrate, comes across a crime that shocks even eigheenth-century London. A bookseller-publisher, his wife and two sons are found murdered in their living quarters above his shop in Grub Street. On the scene, ranting and brandishing an axe, stands John Clayton, identified by the broadsheets ... more »as a "mad poet." Clearly, the culprit has been caught, and justice in Fielding's court will be swift. But Fielding himself is not so sure. Discrepancies nibble at him, and easy evidence seems too easy. To satisfy both his curiousity and this conscience, he decides to dig a little deeper with the help of this "eyes," young Jeremy Proctor. What the pair uncover is an astonishingly evil stew of politics, religion, and greed. "One of the Notable Books of 1995 in crime fiction." (New York Times Book Reivew)« less