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092    |fF|aSYKES 
100 1  Sykes, S. D.,|eauthor. 
245 10 Plague land /|cS.D. Sykes. 
250    First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|bPegasus Crime,|c2015. 
300    336 pages :|billustration ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
520    "Oswald de Lacy was never meant to be the Lord of 
       Somerhill Manor. Dispatched to a monastery at the age of 
       seven, sent back at seventeen when his father and two 
       older brothers are killed by the plague, Oswald has no 
       experience of running an estate. He finds the years of 
       pestilence and neglect have changed the old place 
       dramatically, not to mention the attitude of the surviving
       peasants. Yet some things never change. Oswald's mother 
       remains the powerful matriarch of the family, and his 
       sister Clemence simmers in the background, dangerous and 
       unmarried. Before he can do anything, Oswald is confronted
       by the shocking death of a young woman, Alison Starvecrow.
       The ambitious village priest claims that Alison was killed
       by a band of demonic dog-headed men. Oswald is certain 
       this is nonsense, but proving it--by finding the real 
       murderer--is quite a different matter. Every step he takes
       seems to lead Oswald deeper into a dark maze of political 
       intrigue, family secrets, and violent strife. And then the
       body of another girl is found."--Front jacket flap. 
650  0 Manors|zEngland|vFiction. 
650  0 Murder|xInvestigation|vFiction. 
651  0 Great Britain|xHistory|y14th century|vFiction. 
655  7 Mystery fiction.|2gsafd 
655  7 Suspense fiction.|2gsafd 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2gsafd 
655  7 Mystery fiction.|2gsafd 
800 1  Sykes, S.D.|tSomershill Manor mystery ;|v01.