A Spider in the Cup
  • Published: 15 July 2014
  • ISBN: 9781616953768
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $34.00

A Spider in the Cup

Buy from…
The Nile Mighty Ape BookHub Whitcoulls The Warehouse Paper Plus Fishpond
Find local retailers

London, 1933: An amateur dowsing team searching the Thames for precious metals unearths the body of a young woman with a priceless coin in her mouth. The case falls on Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Joe Sandilands, but he has another, very high-profile assignment. London is hosting a massive economic conference to address the global Depression, and political tensions run high as world leaders stand either with or against a rapidly militarizing Germany. Sandilands is to protect visiting American senator Cornelius Kingstone throughout the conference. But a when a series of bizarre coincidences links the riverbank body to the senator, Joe realizes that Kingstone is caught up in a dangerous game that might cost not just one but thousands of lives.
  • Published: 15 July 2014
  • ISBN: 9781616953768
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $34.00
Categories:
Share…

Also by Barbara Cleverly

Invitation to Die
Fall of Angels
Diana's Altar
Enter Pale Death
A Darker God
See all

Praise for A Spider in the Cup

Praise for A Spider in the Cup

"Intricate and intimate, Cleverly’s series melds the whodunit with the political thriller. “A Spider in the Cup” burnishes her bona fides as she once again pulls off a chilling and charming story with an engaging hero, a dose of leavening wit and a keen sense of history."
—Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Secret societies, economic and political power plays, and assassins on the loose share space in...[an] involving tale, marked by historical, cultural, and literary references, stiff-upper-lip dialogue, and occasionally surprising wittiness." 
—Booklist

"A dangerous game set against a roiling historical backdrop..."
—Bookpage

"Cleverly writes extremely well of the era that she is evoking.... [A Spider in the Cup] explores economic and political tensions of the times."
—Deadly Pleasures

"[A] suspenseful and intricate tale of honor and betrayal." 
—Suspense Magazine

Praise for Barbara Cleverly

"Spellbinding."
—New York Times Book Review

"Cleverly's crisp prose and solid cast of supporting characters ... make the book a delight to read."
—Denver Post

"Stylish and intricate.... Cleverly has perfect pitch for period and place, whether her hero is unearthing evil in India, England or France."
—Richmond Times-Dispatch

"A great blood and guts blockbuster."
—Guardian

"The appearance of a Joe Sandilands book is always welcomed by fans of this intelligent and gripping series."
—San Jose Mercury


From the Hardcover edition.