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L C Tyler A Well-Earned Death (Paperback) (UK IMPORT). Author: L C Tyler. Title: A Well-Earned Death. In the 1670s there are fortunes to be made in Barbados, owning slaves and planting sugar cane. But drought, floods, locusts and his own incompetence have brought Hubert Umfraville down and caused him to flee the island in the most humiliating fashion. Further DetailsTitle: A Well-Earned Death Condition: New Description: "How can you lose money growing a crop everyone wants with labour that costs next to nothing?" In the 1670s there are fortunes to be made in Barbados, owning slaves and planting sugar cane. But drought, floods, locusts and his own incompetence have brought Hubert Umfraville down and caused him to flee the island in the most humiliating fashion. Now back in England, he hopes to restore his fortunes through extortion. In Barbados he has discovered a secret that people here may pay him to keep quiet about.When his body is found in the orchard of the house he has just rented in Essex, there is no shortage of suspects. Has his intended blackmail victim preempted him? Or has one or other of his old crimes caught up with the failed plantation owner?John Grey, Essex magistrate and husband of a famous London playwright, finds himself investigating what seems to be the well-merited death of a former slave owner. But as the list of suspects grows, and even encompasses a member of his own family, Grey is forced to question the nature of justice and what any of us is entitled to do to gain our freedom. Author: L C Tyler EAN: 9781408718728 Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 1408718723 ISBN: 9781408718728 Language: English Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 126mm Item Width: 22mm Genre: Fiction Item Weight: 220g Publisher: Constable Release Date: 07/18/2024 Topic: Crime Thrillers & Mystery Series: John Grey Historical Mystery Release Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
