Treasure by Post
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Mark Treasure has no idea that accompanying his actress wife on location to a picturesque West Country town could possibly lead to murder. The merchant banker is asked by Chiversley's Area Bishop to become involved in the financial affairs of the local covent - one with only three nuns left in residence and assets worth eleven million pounds. But this simple challenge develops into a double murder mystery when it becomes clear that one of the people already responsible for managing the convent finances has died in suspicious circumstances, and when a second is found half-naked and strangled soon after leaving an important dinner party. And what of a callous arson attack on the convent itself? Convinced that the police are about to arrest the wrong suspect, Treasure must use all his experience and ingenuity to uncover important evidence and unravel a complex web of deception. But time is against him and a killer is on the loose.
Themes & subjects
FictionMystery and detective fictionMark Treasure (Fictitious character)BankersPostage stampsMolly Treasure (Fictitious character)
First published 1992Setting
West Country (England)England
About the author
Stuart David Williams
8 June 1926 – 26 September 2003
Stuart David Williams (1926-2003) was a Welsh author of crime fiction novels under the name David Williams. His series included the Mark Treasure and the Inspector Parry series. Born in Bridgend, Glamorgan, on 8 June 1926, Williams studied at Hereford Cathedral School and St. John’s College, Oxford. In the middle of university, he went off to serve as an officer with the Royal Navy during World War II. Williams would go on to as a medical copywriter until a stroke caused him to become a crime writer instead. He had already started writing crime fiction in his spare time. David Williams’ first novel was *Unholy Writ*, which was published in 1976. He wrote a total of 23 novels, with the l…
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