Black As She's Painted

 Black As She's Painted (An Ashmole Foxe Geordian Mystery)

By William Savage

Genre:- Historical - Thriller - Crime Fiction

Pages:-256

Blurb:-Samuel Melanus, a rich goldsmith turned banker goes missing and his promiscuous wife is found naked and strangled on her own bed. It's yet another case for Georgian Norwich's most cunning and unconventional crime-solver, the bookseller Mr Ashmole Foxe.

  Foxe is approached by representative of the city's mercantile elite to find the missing banker before his disappearance causes a financial panic. Then, right at the start, news comes that the man's wife had been found murdered. This begins a tale of intrigue, deceit and hatred involving one of Foxe's most loathed enemies.

  Aided by a motley cast of street children, a beautiful teenage burglar, and several incompetent constables, Foxe must resort to breaking the law himself to bring the murdered to justice - and work out how thousands of pounds have been stolen from one of the Norwich's leading banks, without them noticing anything was missing.

  With the return of Captain Brock from his Grand Tour, Foxe's growing acceptance by the city's elite, and wise advice from Mistress Tabby, the Cunning Woman, our hero's life might be set fair for once - if only he wasn't quite so willing to become involved with the low life of Norwich in his search for the truth about the missing banker and his wife, Eleanor Melanus.

  Was she really as black as she was painted? Or was it simply her  ill fortune to be both desirable and not too bright - a woman alternately used and betrayed by the men around her?  either way, Foxe must face down a pitiless criminal enterprise to discover what really went on in the Melanus household.... and in the bank next door.

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My Review:- This is the 5th Ashmole Foxe Georgian mystery, set in 18th Century city of Norwich. A group of politicians and merchants need the help of Ashmole Foxe to find Samuel Melanus and the thousands of pounds that have went missing from the bank. Ashmole also has the murder of Melanus wife Eleanor to solve. Ahmole take's on Charlie as his apprentice to help him find out who murdered Eleanor and to find Samuel, will he be dead or alive? William Savage the author gives us plenty of information, but will this help us? 

William Savage's other series is Dr. Adam Bascom Mysteries and is set in Georgian, England around Norwich.