A Grave Man **signed first edition**

Roberts, David.

A Grave Man.

London, Constable & Robinson, 2005.

Fine in Fine dustjacket.  Signed by author.

"Verity Browne and Lord Edward Corinth are attending a memorial service in Westminster Abbey for Lord Benyon, killed a few months before when the Hindenburg airship burst into flames as it docked in New Jersey,  Also present are the distinguished archaeologist Professor Pitt-Messenger and his daughter, Maud.  As the congregation disperses after the service, Edward hears Miss Pitt-Messenger cry for help. Her  father is slumped in his seat, stabbed to death with an ancient Assyrian dagger."