The Service of the Dead: A Kate Clifford Mystery (Kate Clifford, #1)

by Candace Robb

Sarah Nichols (Narrator)

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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.

  • ISBN10 1504714016
  • ISBN13 9781504714013
  • Publish Date 2 May 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Blackstone Audiobooks
  • Format Audiobook (MP3)
  • Duration 7 hours and 59 minutes
  • Language English