Seven for a Secret
The John the Lord Chamberlain Mysteries: Book #7
- By: Mary Reed, Eric Mayer & Poisoned Pen Press
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 8 hours 58 minutes
Description
As Lord Chamberlain, John spent his days counseling Emperor Justinian while passing the small hours of night in conversation with the solemn-eyed little girl depicted in a mosaic on his study wall. He never expected to meet her in a public square—or afterwards, to find her red-dyed corpse in a subterranean cistern. Had the mysterious woman truly been the model for the mosaic years before, as she claimed? Who was she? Who wanted her dead and why? The answers seem to lie among the denizens of the smoky streets of that quarter of Constantinople known as the Copper Market, where artisans, beggars, prostitutes, pillar saints, and exiled aristocrats struggle to survive within sight of the Great Palace and yet worlds distant. Before long, John suspects he is attempting to unravel not just a murder but also a plot against the empire.
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The John the Lord Chamberlain Mysteries Series

Seven for a Secret
By: Mary Reed, Eric Mayer & Poisoned Pen Press
Narrated by: James Adams
Length: 8 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
As Lord Chamberlain, John spent his days counseling Emperor Justinian while passing the small hours of night in conversation with the solemn-eyed little girl depicted in a mosaic on his study wall. He never expected to meet her in a public square—or afterwards, to find her red-dyed corpse in a subterranean cistern. Had the mysterious woman truly... Read more »
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Eight for Eternity
By: Mary Reed, Eric Mayer & Poisoned Pen Press
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
In January 532, mobs rule Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire. Against a murderous backdrop lit by raging fires, John, chamberlain to Emperor Justinian, must find those seeking to use the Nika Riots to dethrone the emperor.
Porphyrius, the most famous charioteer of his time, may know more than he tells about the mysterious disappearance... Read more »
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Nine for the Devil
By: Mary Reed, Eric Mayer & Poisoned Pen Press
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
The year is 548, and Empress Theodora is dead of disease. Such is the belief of everyone in Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire—everyone except Emperor Justinian, who orders John, his Lord Chamberlain, to find her murderer or suffer the consequences.
There is no sign of foul play, but many of the aristocrats at the imperial court had good... Read more »
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