Mornings in London - (Francis Bacon Mysteries) by Janice Law (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Francis Bacon awakes in a four-poster bed with a punishing hangover and a naked footman beside him. The setting and company mean he's in the country, and that spells disaster for an up-and-coming artist whose natural habitat is the nightclubs and back alleys of swinging Soho. But he's put aside his distaste for the pastoral life for the sake of his favorite cousin, Poppy, a spirited young debutante who's committed the biggest blunder a deb can make: She's fallen in love with Freddie Bosworth -- and must be rescued at all costs. Bosworth is a cad, an accused blackmailer with a love for Mussolini and dark secrets too terrible to tell. Fortunately, Poppy comes to her senses, breaking the engagement, and Francis thinks their troubles are over. But when the cousins take a walk through the manor grounds the next day, they find a handsome young man in a pin-striped suit lying dead in the grass. Freddie's throat has been cut, and Francis's life is on the line." -- From back cover.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Artist Francis Bacon gets tangled up in murder while visiting the English countryside in the final mystery of this Lambda Award-winning series.</b> <p/> Francis Bacon awakes in a four-poster bed with a punishing hangover and a naked footman beside him. The setting and company mean he's in the country, and that spells disaster for an up-and-coming artist whose natural habitat is the nightclubs and back alleys of swinging Soho. But he's put aside his distaste for the pastoral life for the sake of his favorite cousin, Poppy, a spirited young debutante who's committed the biggest blunder a deb can make: She's fallen in love with Freddie Bosworth--and must be rescued at all costs. <p/> Bosworth is a cad, an accused blackmailer with a love for Mussolini and dark secrets too terrible to tell. Fortunately, Poppy comes to her senses, breaking the engagement, and Francis thinks their troubles are over. But when the cousins take a walk through the manor grounds the next day, they find a handsome young man in a pin-striped suit lying dead in the grass. Freddie's throat has been cut, and Francis's life is on the line. <p/> Along his globetrotting adventures--which have taken him everywhere from Tangier to Berlin--Francis has been mixed up with spies, killers, and the misfits of the cities' underworlds. Now Janice Law, the Edgar Award-nominated author of <i>Afternoons in Paris</i>, continues to imagine the early years of the fascinating Irish-born painter, a notorious <i>bon vivant</i>, in the thrilling last installment of her popular mystery series. <p/><i>Mornings in London</i> is the 6th book in the Francis Bacon Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for the Francis Bacon Mysteries</b> <br> "Law does a bangup job of recreating London during the Blitz and portraying real-life artist Francis Bacon as an unlikely sleuth." --<i>Publishers Weekly </i>on <i>Fires of London</i> <p/> "Artist-sleuth Francis, unflappable and acidly witty, is the star of [Law's] latest nimble historical mystery series. . . . Law's crisp, wry humor, surreptitious revelations of France's deep partisan wounds, and great affection for the marvelously resourceful, suave, and irreverent Francis make for a delectably clever tale." --<i>Booklist </i>on <i>The Prisoner of the Riviera</i> <p/> "Law is close to perfect in presenting the timeless charms of the Riviera, and she's just as satisfying in shaping Bacon as a reluctant but brave and somewhat lucky sleuth. At the same time, she never allows us to lose sight of Bacon as an emerging artist of immense gifts." --<i>Toronto Star</i> on <i>The Prisoner of the Riviera</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Janice Law (b. 1941) is an acclaimed author of mystery fiction. The Watergate scandal inspired her to write her first novel, <i>The Big Payoff</i>, which introduced Anna Peters, a street-smart young woman who blackmails her boss, a corrupt oil executive. The novel was a success, winning an Edgar nomination, and Law went on to write eight more in the series. Law has written historical mysteries, standalone suspense, and, most recently, the Francis Bacon Mysteries, which include <i>The Prisoner of the Riviera</i>, winner of the 2013 Lambda Literary Gay Mystery Award. She lives and writes in Connecticut.
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