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The Service of the Dead : A Novel, Paperback / softback Book

The Service of the Dead : A Novel Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Political unrest permeates York at the cusp of the fifteenth century, as warring factions take sides on who should be the rightful king--Richard II or his estranged, powerful cousin in exile, Henry Bolingbroke.

Independent minded twenty-year-old Kate Clifford is struggling to dig out from beneath the debt left by her late husband.

Determined to find a way to be secure in her own wealth and establish her independence in a male dominated society, Kate turns one of her properties near the minster into a guest house and sets up a business.

In a dance of power, she also quietly rents the discreet bedchambers to the wealthy, powerful merchants of York for nights with their mistresses.

But the brutal murder of a mysterious guest and the disappearance of his companion for the evening threatens all that Kate has built.

Before others in town hear word of a looming scandal, she must call upon all of her hard-won survival skills to save herself from ruin.

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