The Quincunx: The Huffams by Charles Palliser

The Quincunx: The Huffams

The Quincunx #1

Charles Palliser

277 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction historical mystery challenging mysterious slow-paced
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John Mellamphy’s life is under threat. In the remote countryside, his mother, Mary, has been burgled in mysterious circumstances. Then her protector, Mr Fortisquince, is suddenly murdered in London. But this is a document that provokes avarice,...

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