Conspiracy

snow-covered rooftops stretching out into the black distance. Maybe my future lay beyond these streets now, I thought. Perhaps this book would open the door to a new chapter in my life – one that would make it worthwhile to leave everything behind once again. Perhaps another journey would bring me one step closer to home.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

S. J. PARRIS is the pseudonym of Stephanie Merritt. Since graduating from Cambridge, she has worked as a critic for a variety of newspapers and magazines as well as for radio and television. She currently writes for the Guardian in London and is the author of five novels in the Giordano Bruno mystery series, including Treachery, The Dead of Winter, and Execution, all available from Pegasus Crime.

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Also by S.J. Parris

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Prophecy

Sacrilege

Treachery

Execution

CONSPIRACY

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