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Can a love of dead poets save her from following in their footsteps? While visiting her favorite poets' old haunts in England's Lake District, Grace Hollister, an American schoolteacher and literary scholar, stumbles upon the body of Peter Fox face down in a stream. Thankfully, the dashing local antiques dealer is not dead -- but after saving his life Grace soon finds herself pursued by two menacing thugs who are after the gewgaws Peter is hiding. Problem is, Peter doesn't have any gewgaws. show more He doesn't even know what gewgaws are. But he and Grace soon discover they've got something to do with Lord Byron'and someone's willing to kill for them. As Peter's dark past is gradually revealed, his knowledge of vice coupled with Grace's love of verse lead them straight into the heart of a caper of the highest order -- one that might lead to a spectacular literary discovery and poetic justice for all. A Selection of the Mystery Guild show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- High Rhymes and Misdemeanors
- Original publication date
- 2003-10-01
- People/Characters
- Grace Hollister; Peter Fox
- Important places
- Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK
- First words
- Prologue: It was six o'clock in the evening.
Chapter One: The stream chattered merrily over the rocks, undeterred by the motionless form of the man lying facedown in the shallow water.
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