Death at St James's Palace

Book info: Death at St James's Palace (Hardcover, 368 pages – Isis Large Print, 2005) – Isis Large Print, 2005. Language: Eng.

1761, London. The famous magistrate John Fielding is to be honoured with a knighthood by the new queen at St James's Palace. As the invited audience eagerly crane for a first glimpse of the queen, nobleman George Goward tumbles down the great staircase to his death. Of all those assembled, only Fielding, a blind man, suspects the fall to be more than an accident. He has only few clues to offer to his friend Apothecary John Rawlings who sets out to investigate the untimely death.