Harrison Cora - The Deadly Weed - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: The Reverend Mother's investigative skills are called into action when a local tobacco factory burns down and fingers are pointed at one of her ex pupils 1920s. Cork Ireland. Early one morning the Reverend Mother receives news of a deadly fire at the local cigarette factory a place where she'd been so proud that some of her pupils had been given a steady job. In a city full of poverty unemployment and political unrest these ex pupils of hers had surely been blessed with such prospects. Now though she is worried What happened at the cigarette factory and why are there rumours circulating that one of her 'girls was responsible? Inspector Patrick Cashman is under pressure to quickly find the cause of the fire - and identify a suspect - to placate the visiting Lord Mayor and Commissioner and secure his hopes of promotion. Patrick turns to his friend the journalist and law student Eileen Mac Sweeney for help along with the ever insightful and calm Reverend Mother. From the fog - ridden streets of the slums to the green pastures and prosperity of nearby Youghal together they begin to unravel a seedy history of greed ambition and a desire for power.
Title: The Deadly Weed
Author(s): Harrison Cora
Publisher: Canongate Books
Barcode: 9781448309825
Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Date: 3/7/2023
Series: A Reverend Mother Mystery
Category: Historical Mysteries