Treasure by Post - Mark Treasure Author:David Williams Mark Treasure the urbane investment banker is accompanying his actress wife Molly on location in the picturesque West Country town of Chiversley, home of an extraordinarily wealthy convent maintained for only three elderly nuns, Sister Patricia, Sister Mary Maud, and the Reverend Mother. John Larpin, the area bishop, persuades Treasure to ... more »become involved in the convent's financial affairs, which, to the banker's amazement has assets of around eleven million pounds, including a controlling interest in a local brewery.
Treasure accepts the task, even after he learns that Dr. Picton, his predecessor, has recently died under suspicious circumstances. Later when Treasure discovers a curious set of counterfeit stamps clearly made by the nuns, a fire, presumably caused by the precariously placed candle, destroys much of the convent. When another of the convent's financial advisers, is found half-naked and strangled after a dinner party, Treasure uses not only his business sense but also his acute sleuthing ingenuity to uncover important evidence and unravels a complex web of deception.« less
ISBN-13: 9780312071011 ISBN-10: 0312071019 Publication Date: 2/1992 Pages:203 Edition:1st U.S. ed Rating: