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The Poison Machine

by Robert J. Lloyd
Dan Calley
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London, 1679-A year has passed since the attempt to murder King Charles II, but London is still a viper's nest of rumored Catholic conspiracies, and of plots against them in turn. When Harry Hunt-estranged from his mentor Robert Hooke-is summoned to the remote and windswept marshes of Norfolk, he is at first relieved to get away from the place. But in Norfolk, he finds that some Royal workers shoring up a riverbank have made a grim discovery-the skeleton of a dwarf. Harry is able to confirm that the skeleton is that of Captain Jeffrey Hudson, a prominent member of the court once famously given to the Queen in a pie. Except no one knew Hudson was dead, because another man had been impersonating him. The hunt for the impersonator, clearly working as a spy, will take Harry to Paris, another city bedeviled by conspiracies and intrigues, and back, with encounters along the way with a flying man and a cross-dressing swordswoman-and to the uncovering of a plot to kill the Queen and all the Catholic members of her court. But where? When? The Poison Machine is a brilliantly imagined historical thriller that will delight readers of its critically acclaimed predecessor, The Bloodless Boy.

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    October 25, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9781696609739
      • File size: 335380 KB
      • Duration: 11:38:42

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Dan Calley narrates this historical mystery set in London and Paris in 1769. Henry Hunt and Robert Hooke of the Royal Society and Hooke's niece, Grace, team up once more. Hunt, now an intelligencer for the Royal Ordnance, undertakes several missions. He must find whoever is impersonating the Queen's dwarf, locate a missing diamond, and foil the plot to kill England's Queen Catherine of Bragan�a. Calley's rapid-fire, fluid, sparingly accented narration encourages listeners to pay attention to every detail. Settings include glamorous Paris and the fens of England as the plot involves a daring escape from the Bastille and a race to save the Queen of England from poison gas. The action never stops. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

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