{"product_id":"three-deaths-of-justice-godfrey","title":"Three Deaths of Justice Godfrey","description":"\u003cp\u003eOctober 1678. Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, respected London wood monger and Court Justice, sets out from his house, early one foggy morning, in his second-best coat. Then he vanishes. Six days later, his body is discovered in a ditch near Primrose Hill. He has been severely beaten, strangled and stabbed through the chest - killed three times, in fact. There's no doubt somebody wanted him dead. The cash in his pockets however is still there. And, in spite of the wet weather and muddy roads, his clothes are dry and his shoes are spotlessly clean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeople are quick to connect his killing with the role Godfrey has played in exposing a Catholic plot to kill the King. His name is, after all, an anagram of 'dy'd by Rome's reveng'd fury'. Parliament, whipped into a frenzy by the conspirator Titus Oates, demands a suitable perpetrator is found. But it soon becomes clear that Godfrey had not merely offended the Catholics. And he had, some weeks before, predicted his own death with uncanny accuracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMagistrate John Grey is summoned from his Essex village to investigate an increasingly inexplicable crime and to prevent some innocent men from being hanged as a regrettable political necessity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for L.C. Tyler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Len Tyler writes with great charm and wit . . . made me laugh out loud'\u003cb\u003e Susanna Gregory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I was seduced from John Grey's first scene'\u003cb\u003e Ann Cleeves\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tyler juggles his characters, story, wit and clever one liners with perfect balance' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A dizzying whirl of plot and counterplot'\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Unusually accomplished\u003cb\u003e' Helen Dunmore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A cracking pace, lively dialogue, wickedly witty one-liners salted with sophistication . . . Why would we not want more of John Grey?' \u003ci\u003eThe Bookbag\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tyler's knowledge of the period is wide-ranging and profound, and he evokes the sounds, the smells, the sheer awkwardness of the times, with almost invisible deftness and consummate wit' \u003cb\u003eSarah Williams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Unravelling a murder alongside John Grey is always a great pleasure and this witty and absorbing mystery is first class entertainment. Highly recommend' \u003cb\u003eDeborah Swift\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54259958907224,"sku":"9781408718759","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781408718759.jpg?v=1765633548","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/three-deaths-of-justice-godfrey","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}