The Assize of the Dying
- Authors
- Peters, Ellis
- Publisher
- MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
- Tags
- mystery
- ISBN
- 9781480417793
- Date
- 1958-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.61 MB
- Lang
- en
**From master of suspense Ellis Peters come two chilling tales of justice, deception, and revenge**
The jury foreman trembles as he delivers the verdict. After a grueling trial, the erudite and elegant Louis Stevenson has been found guilty of murder—and sentenced to death. A ripple of excitement goes through the courtroom, and Stevenson rises to make a final statement. He’s innocent, he insists, and for condemning him, he swears cosmic vengeance on four men: the prosecutor, the foreman, the judge, and the true killer of Zoë Trevor. On their heads, he places the Assize of the Dying, a medieval curse that ensures they’ll be dead within a month.
In “The Assize of the Dying” and “Aunt Helen,” Ellis Peters is at her best—and murder and elegance go hand in hand.