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Author Miles Cameron tells us about the way that the Venetian republic was a model for his future space trading society and how (bearing in mind the limits of SF) he tries to keep ‘within the possible’.
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In the seventh Stephen Capel mystery, an impossible murder on a fairground ride opens up a trail that leads to Anglo-Saxon treasure, a mysterious tunnel and a deadly confrontation
When Stephen Capel and Vicky Denning meet historical fiction author Margaret LeVine at the Mop fair in Marlborough, they expect to discuss Capel's plans to start a literary festival - but on a fairground ride, LeVine is killed without anyone appearing to touch her. Soon, LeVine's is not the only life in danger as Capel uncovers connections in the literary world and the hiding place of a long-lost Anglo-Saxon hoard.
The Stephen Capel Mysteries bring the classic British detective story into the twenty-first century.
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