Bristol House: A NovelBeverly Swerling
Viking Adult, April 2013
ISBN: 978-0670025930
In the tradition of Kate Mosse, a swiftly-paced mystery that stretches from modern London to Tudor England
Dr. Annie Kendall is an architectural historian who was an incredibly promising young academic before a decade of alcohol and bad decisions tore down everything she built – including her family.
When she is approached by the Shalom Foundation with a job that would send her to London for three months on an academic treasure hunt, she leaps at the opportunity, eager to get involved with the kind of prestigious research that could jump start her flagging career. But there are hidden depths to Philip Weinraub, the Shalom Foundation leader who hired her, to Annie’s quest, and even to her lodgings, Bristol House itself.
Days into her research she meets Geoff Harris, an investigative reporter, and discovers the flat she is subletting is haunted by a ghost that appears to be trying to contact her to warn her about something. The story moves back and forth between Annie in the present and 1535 Tudor London where Dom Justin, Carthusian Monk, narrates an intertwining tale.
Bristol House is an engaging mix of mystery, adventure, history and thriller. The journey unravels on an exciting adventure between past and present. The meticulous research by the author is evident and the history is fascinating and absorbing. The thrills, mystery, romance, and history are all blended nicely to create a complex and layered story that is rich in tone, character, and entertainment.
BEVERLY SWERLING is the author of five previous novels, including the City of Dreams series, a four-volume historical saga set in old New York. She is also a consultant to other authors and an amateur historian. She lives in Philadelphia.
ISBN: 978-0670025930; ISBN10: 0670025933; Imprint: Viking Adult; On Sale: 4/4/2013; Format: Hardcover; Pages: 416; $27.95
