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The Blake and Avery Mystery Series (Book 1)

M. J. Carter

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Penguin
22 October 2014

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

Series: The Blake and Avery Mystery Series

The first of three rip-roaring capers, introducing Blake and Avery, a Watson and Holmes duo for the 1830s and 40s.

The first of three rip-roaring capers, introducing Blake and Avery, a Watson and Holmes duo for the 1830s and 40s.

Calcutta

1837. The East India Company rules India - or most of it; and its most

notorious and celebrated son, Xavier Mountstuart, has gone missing.

William

Avery, a down-at-heel junior officer in the Company's army, is sent to

find him, in the unlikely company of the enigmatic and uncouth Jeremiah

Blake. A more mismatched duo couldn't be imagined, but they must bury

their differences as they are caught up in a search that turns up too

many unanswered questions and seems bound to end in failure.

What

was it that so captivated Mountstuart about the Thugs, the murderous

sect of Kali-worshippers who strangle innocent travellers by the

roadside? Who is Jeremiah Blake and can he be trusted? And why is the

whole enterprise shrouded in such secrecy?

In the dark heart of

Company India, Avery will have to fight for his very life, and in

defence of a truth he will wish he had never learned.

M. J. Carter is a former journalist and the author of two acclaimed works of non-fiction- Anthony Blunt- His Lives and The Three Emperors- Three Cousins, Three Empires and the Road to World War One. M. J. Carter is married with two sons and lives in London.

By: M. J. Carter
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 245g
ISBN: 9780241966556
ISBN 10: 0241966558
Series: The Blake and Avery Mystery Series
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 22 October 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

M. J. Carter is a former journalist and the author of two acclaimed works of non-fiction: Anthony Blunt: His Lives and The Three Emperors: Three Cousins, Three Empires and the Road to World War One. M. J. Carter is married with two sons and lives in London.