![]() She turns for help to Gabriel Crowther, an anatomist and reclusive recent arrival in the area. Meanwhile, in London, a young father is murdered in his music shop. Against this background Harriet finds the body of a dead stranger holding a ring displaying the Thornleigh arms. Her neighbours at Thornleigh Hall are a titled family in decline: the owner is crippled, his heir is missing, and his second son is an alcoholic. Harriet is a capable woman and manager of her family's estate in Sussex, while her husband (a naval Commodore) is away at sea. The lively heart of this book is Harriet Westerman. The book blends the equivalent of the forensic approach of a modern crime thriller with a period setting. The story moves between substantial homes in rural Sussex to London during the Gordon riots of 1780, with flashbacks to America during the War of Independence. ![]() ![]() Summary: Instruments of Darkness is a historical murder mystery set in the eighteenth century. ![]()
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