Nine for the Devil - Reed, Mary; Mayer, Eric
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Praise for Nine for the Devil... "Treachery and murder linger behind every shadowed column of the imperial palace in Constantinople." -Robin Burcell, award-winning author of The Bone Chamber The year is 548 and Empress Theodora is dead. Emperor Justinian suspects murder and orders John, his Lord Chamberlain, to find her killer or suffer the consequences. Many aristocrats at the imperial court had reason to want Theodora dead. Not even Pope Vigilius, detained in the capital by a religious controversy, is above suspicion. Meanwhile, John must also grapple with domestic upheavals. His daughter is…mehr

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Praise for Nine for the Devil... "Treachery and murder linger behind every shadowed column of the imperial palace in Constantinople." -Robin Burcell, award-winning author of The Bone Chamber The year is 548 and Empress Theodora is dead. Emperor Justinian suspects murder and orders John, his Lord Chamberlain, to find her killer or suffer the consequences. Many aristocrats at the imperial court had reason to want Theodora dead. Not even Pope Vigilius, detained in the capital by a religious controversy, is above suspicion. Meanwhile, John must also grapple with domestic upheavals. His daughter is about to give birth and his aging servant Peter is dying. Can John serve justice, his loved ones, and the emperor? Mary Reed and Eric Mayer published their first full-length novel featuring John, Lord Chamberlain in 1999. The series has since won praise and multiple awards. home.earthlink.net/~maywrite
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The husband and wife team of Mary Reed and Eric Mayer published several short stories about John, Lord Chamberlain to Emperor Justinian, in mystery anthologies and in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine prior to 1999's highly acclaimed first full length novel, One for Sorrow. Entries in the series have been honored by a Best Mystery Glyph Award, an honorable mention in the Glyph Best Book category, and was a finalist for the IPPY Best Mystery Award (Two For Joy), nominations for the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award (Four For A Boy and Five For Silver), and a Glyph Award for Best Book Series (Five For Silver). The American Library Association's Booklist Magazine named the Lord Chamberlain novels one of its four Best Little Known Series. Mary Reed & Eric Mayer also write under Eric Reed.