{"product_id":"hymn-to-murder-hugh-corbett-21","title":"Hymn to Murder (Hugh Corbett 21)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugh Corbett returns in the twenty-first gripping mystery in Paul Doherty's ever-popular series. If you love the historical mysteries of C. J. Sansom, E. M. Powell and Bernard Cornwell you will love this.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSecrets simmer in the lonely wasteland of Dartmoor.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Spring, 1312. At Malmaison Manor, Lord Simon is concealing a dark secret - one he arrogantly assumes will never catch up with him. But someone knows about the crime he committed and they've found a way to make him pay. And he's not alone. When he is found mysteriously slain, other deaths soon follow. Meanwhile, ships on the Devonshire coast are being deliberately wrecked, their crews slaughtered, their cargoes plundered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sir Hugh Corbett and Lord Simon are bound by the Secret Chancery and their search for one precious ruby - the Lacrima Christi. So, when Corbett learns of Lord Simon's death, he is once more dragged into a tangled web of lies and intrigue and it's not long before secrets of his own start to surface. As the Hymn to Murder reaches its crescendo, can Corbett confront his past and live to see another day?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Praise for Paul Doherty's dark and suspenseful novels:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eHis fascination for history comes off the page\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'An \u003cb\u003eopulent\u003c\/b\u003e banquet to \u003cb\u003esatisfy the most murderous appetite\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eNorthern Echo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eDeliciously suspenseful, gorgeously written \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eatmospheric\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eHistorical Novels Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Paul Doherty has \u003cb\u003ea lively sense of history\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eevocative and lyrical descriptions\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eNew Statesmen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54219798806872,"sku":"9781472259219","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781472259219.jpg?v=1764685833","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/hymn-to-murder-hugh-corbett-21","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}