The Cheapside Corpse, Susanna Gregory
The Cheapside Corpse, Susanna Gregory
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The Cheapside Corpse
The Tenth Thomas Chaloner Adventure

Author: Susanna Gregory

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Unabridged: 14 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/08/2015

Synopsis

London in the spring of 1665 is a city full of fear. There is plague in the stews of St Giles, the Dutch fleet is preparing to invade, and a banking crisis threatens to leave Charles II's government with no means of paying for the nation's defence.

Amid the tension, Thomas Chaloner is ordered to investigate the murder of Dick Wheler, one of the few goldsmith-bankers to have survived the losses that have driven others to bankruptcy - or worse. At the same time, a French spy staggers across the city, carrying the plague from one parish to another.

Chaloner's foray into the world of the financiers who live in and around Cheapside quickly convinces him that they are just as great a threat as the Dutch, but their power and greed thwart him at every turn. Meanwhile, the plague continues to spread across the city, and the body count from the disease and from the fever of avarice starts to rise alarmingly . . .

About Susanna Gregory

Susanna Gregory was a police officer in Leeds before taking up an academic career. She has served as an environmental consultant, worked eighteen field seasons in the polar regions, and has taught comparative anatomy and biological anthropology.She is the creator of the Matthew Bartholomew series of mysteries set in medieval Cambridge and the Thomas Chaloner adventures in Restoration London. She now lives in Wales with her husband, who is also a writer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jenny on February 21, 2018

The Cheapside Corpse is book ten in the Thomas Chaloner series by Susanna Gregory. Thomas Chaloner came home after been away with work and found his life turn upside down when he realises his wife was in debt again and the Plague has hit London. To top it all off, Thomas Chaloner boss, the Earl of C......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on February 20, 2016

Published: 15/03/2015 Author: Susanna Gregory Recommended for: fans of mediaeval murder mysteries A brilliant book in the Thomas Chaloner series. Susanna Gregory writes yet another great mediaeval murder mystery book. It has great characters in it and amazing descriptions. A must read for all fans of S......more

Goodreads review by Clemens on December 29, 2018

This excellent written and entertaining book by Susanna Gregory is already the 10th volume of the delightful Thomas Chaloner series. As this is one of my favourite series, I'm happy to say that again the historical details are very accurate due to great research by the author. The tale is written in a......more

Goodreads review by Lorraine on April 25, 2016

The Cheapside Corpse is number 10 in Susanna Gregory's Thomas Chaloner Adventure series which takes place in Restoration England, circa 1665. Our hero, Chaloner, is employed by the Earl of Clarendon, and his occupation is that of spy. Thomas returns from a mission to put down rebellion in Hull, o......more

Goodreads review by Gerry on December 26, 2017

Thomas Chaloner's wife Hannah finds herself in debt and when those debts are sold on she discovers that paying them off is not so easy. Chaloner gets involved in trying to help but his foray into the world of the financiers who live in and around Cheapside quickly convinces him that they are just as......more

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