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The Piccadilly Plot: Chaloner's Seventh Exploit in Restoration London (The Exploits of Thomas Chaloner) [Kindle Edition]

Susanna Gregory (Author)

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Crystal-clear prose and deliberate pacing ensure that the reader can follow the twisted trails to the truth as well as Chaloner can (Publisher's Weekly )

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The seventh Thomas Chaloner adventure in Restoration London

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 715 KB
Print Length: 490 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0751544280
Publisher: Sphere (19 Jan 2012)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language: English
ASIN: B0065JMQL6
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5.0 out of 5 stars An exciting Thomas Chaloner novel! 12 Dec 2012

By Clemens Schoonderwoert

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This remarkable book by Susanna Gregory is the 7th volume of the wonderful Thomas Chaloner series.
At the beginning of the book Thomas finds himself in Tangier, North Africa, to investigate a case of corruption when his master the Earl of Clarendon summons him back to London.
The reason for his return to London is to investigate in and around Piccadilly the theft of material from Clarendon's sumptuous new house.
Alongside this investigation Thomas is thrust into extra investigations involving threats of assassination, a stolen corpse and a scheme to frame the Queen for treason.
What will occur is that all these investigations are connected with each other concerning the unfinished Clarendon House.
Because of all these connections it makes Thomas Chaloner realise that all the violence, intrigue and corruption he has witnessed on the North African coast has its roots in the heart of the capital's establishment.
What follows is another gripping story full of historical detail and with a lot of suspense about power, treachery and murder during Charles II's reign in 1664, and this story has a great plot which will unfold in a most thrilling way.
An exciting Thomas Chaloner novel!

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfectly Plotted 9 April 2012

By travelswithadiplomat

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Susanna Gregory prologues her seventh Thomas Chaloner murder mystery in Tangiers with the fateful charge of Colonel Teviot up a hill that leads to the death of five hundred of England's finest. Problem is, the charge wasn't quite so fateful given the false scouting information given by Harley, Newell and Reyner - members of the Piccadilly Company, who are dealing in illegal trading of a lot of gravel and glassware. Of course, gravel and glassware doesn't quite prove to be the commodity that has the foppish courts of Charles II split into the warring merchants and Thomas quickly finds himself tasked with four matters to uncover. Firstly, Clarendon wants him to find who has been pilfering the bricks he needs to build his new palatial mansion; secondly, he is charged by Clarendon's wife, Frances to discover why Cave was murdered by Eliot in a fight in Piccadilly in the opening pages of the book; thirdly, to uncover the culprit putting letters in the Queen's private boudoir implicating her in a plot to kill Pratt, the architect designing Clarendon's new abode; and fourthly, why Teviot was send to his death in Tangiers. What makes it tricky is his somewhat selfish employer who thinks his bricks are the priority whilst the obvious attempts to push England and Portugal into war are clearly of wider import to both Thomas and Thurloe.
Thrown into Ms Gregory's inevitable mix are the likes of Margareta and Janzoon, ambassadors from Holland whose poor grasp of the English language leads to unfortunate mispronouncements that gradually raise the offence and ire of the Court. We have the dastardly privateer, Fitzgerald - a man whom even Thurloe fears - who leads the Piccadilly Company with his motley crew of henchmen directed by the openly murderous Brinkes.... Tom also struggles to solve the missing bricks coming up short against Clarendon's arrogant son, Hyde, the foreman Oliver and the lax guards represented by Wright. And as for the fight between Cave and Eliot...well there is the addled wife Ruth, uncertainty over burials, and an overly helpful Lester to contend with.
No wonder Tom's head is spinning and he spends much of the novel frustrated, needing the paternal guidance of Thurloe to steady him. As ever with the author, all four threads entwine, the clues to solving each are there and we move in a society where the boundary between dockyard thuggery of Fitzgerald mingles dangerously with the nouveau riche of Kitty O'Brien and her husband. Of course, the ever present voluptuous Lady Castlemaine and the Duke of Buckingham provide amusing asides whilst Tom struggles in his relationship with his wife, Hannah, who is both uncompromising and ill-suited to him. She is an interesting contrast to Susanna Gregory's other sleuth - Matthew Bartholomew - who has the absent Mathilde to hold dear in his thoughts. One has no wife and is cherished, the other has his partner yet finds reality a struggle. It is an interesting contrast amongst the dozens of characters Gregory has introduced us to through some twenty-plus novels and makes this reviewer consider if there are underlying depths to why these oddly jarring characters exist.
That aside, Tom starts to reluctantly work with Williamson, finds himself with a household full of obdurate and insolent servants, delves into the depths of royal trading monopolies, has a list of murder victims as long as his arm, continues to recognise he really must find a friend (Wiseman is his perfect foil - he is Tom's Brother Michael) and spends some unpleasant time in the company of rats in a locked vault.
The denouement is all we expect of the author; the delight at finding how she has drawn on historical people to populate her fiction continues; the deft literary handling of each strand to form the tapestry; the believable characters and their continuing development; her astounding ability to confuse still those readers saturated in her genius for plot over these past ten years.
Susanna Gregory hits the spot every single time. She is the leading historical murder mystery writer in the UK, her pen is prolific and this reviewer...even ten years later...still drops whatever he is reading whenever a new novel comes from her and simply immerses himself in the pleasure of reading a darn good yarn.
Simply brilliant. Read more ›

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5.0 out of 5 stars More Chaloner! 29 Nov 2012

By K. Young

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As with C.J.Sansom's Matthew Shardlake, an evocative description of historical London. Excellent story, characters and settings. I really love the series.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant 11 April 2013

By Michelle

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Another excellent well researched book, an excellent series by a very talented writer. Hoping for some new stories added to the series

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great 12 Mar 2013

By Mrs. Lynn Reeson

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I really enjoy following one particular character through a series of adventures and have read several such series. The Thomas Chaloner books are a prime of example of such books

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5.0 out of 5 stars A thoroughly enjoyable read 8 Mar 2013

By not left wing

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I have the pleasure of owning all the books about Thomas Chaloner, once a Parliamentarian and now spy for the Earl of Clarendon. I have thoroughly enjoyed all Susanna Gregory's books on Chaloner's adventures in restoration London but this has to be the best yet. I found it difficult to put down and was guessing to the end who was the mastermind behind all the villanous acts. Susanna Gregory has to be congratulated on how cleverly she weaves a number of sub plots within the main plot. This book is no different, because no sooner is Chaloner recalled from Tangier by the Earl than he is given a number of problems to untangle, not least being asked by Williamson the Spymaster for his help. I particularly admire the way Ms Gregory manages to invent a thoroughly enjoyable story based on so many real characters from the past. A wonderful read. Can't wait to acquire her latest book on another Chaloner adventure.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Nobody loves him, everybody hates him. He's going to the land of worms... 24 Feb 2013

By Catblack_uk

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You have to feel sorry for Thomas Chaloner. I mean, everybody treats him with contempt. That includes his employer, his wife, his servants, the court and the community at large. Save for one single, solitary spymaster friend, he's a complete loner. His life is a drudge. He's married to a shrew. Never gets laid (or bathed). When he's not suffering her cooking he's eating cold and gristley meat pies. He never gets a good night's sleep. Yet he somehow manages to limp along through Restoration London solving crimes without his efforts ever being rewarded and his only comfort in life is his viol which he seldom gets to play because his wife won't let him...

I like this series but I don't know why. The conclusions are never very convincing. The main characters never develop. A proper mystery indeed!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Susanna Gregory has written another great book.

Since I discovered Susanna Gregory I just cannot wait for her next novels. This book lived up to all my expectations.

Published 4 months ago by John R. Barnes

5.0 out of 5 stars The Piccadilly Plot 7: Chaloner's Seventh Exploit in Restoration

Excellent series, well written, story moves well, lots of fact woven into the storyline using real people and real incidents, as with the previous books. Read more

Published 5 months ago by R H Eden

5.0 out of 5 stars A fast moving tale of murder and revenge

I love these books they move along at a cracking pace, full of intrigue,colour, humour and murder! Chaloner is a wonderful character and I spend all my time trying to guess `who... Read more

Published 5 months ago by mary Britten

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable escapade in Restoration London

Having read and enjoyed an earlier book in the series - Blood on the Strand - I decided to try The Piccadilly Plot. Read more

Published 14 months ago by H. Robertson

3.0 out of 5 stars Same old same old.

Absolutely undemanding, and typical of the somewhat overcrowded period and genre. On the other hand, I finished it without ever thinking it was barbecue fodder. Read more

Published 15 months ago by Neil French

5.0 out of 5 stars Another entertaining outing for Chaloner...

This is another entertaining tale involving the ex Parliamentary spy Tom Chaloner. This can be read as a stand alone, but, as it's the 7th in the series it's a better read after... Read more

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