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The Salisbury Manuscript

By: Philip Gooden
Narrated by: Tim Bruce
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In the fog-shrouded autumn of 1873 a man dies violently while searching a burial chamber on the outskirts of the city of Salisbury. At the same time Tom Ansell, a young lawyer, arrives from London to receive a manuscript from one of the Cathedral Canons.

Felix Slater wants the compromising memoirs of his late father to be locked away until after his own death. But Slater's death comes much sooner than expected, and it is Tom who discovers the clergyman's body and comes under suspicion for his murder. The manuscript has disappeared. To clear himself, Tom must go in search of the real culprit.

©2009 Philip Gooden (P)2009 Oakhill Publishing Ltd Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

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Critic reviews

"The witty narrative, laced with puns and word play so popular with this period,makes this an enjoayble racy tale." (Sunday Telegraph)
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The book pootles along fine but it’s not vastly memorable. I just didn’t find the main characters very compelling but there’s nothing actually wrong with them.

Fine but not a grabber.

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a very disappointing laborious read with drags on and which lacks direction. a real disappointment

poor

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I am sorry that i could not get into this story and found it stiff and very Victorian in flavour. The atmosphere was well evoked of fog and oddly behaved characters but it all seemed so wooden.

In conclusion it was sadly uninteresting and difficult to become involved in the characters and the story.

Strictly Victorian

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