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and a theory about the danger lurking in Simon's past

the upstart son of the rival royal House of Lancaster

this is a mesmerizing epic of crime and opportunity

And no one

sets out to challenge the morality of small-town America

The Scent of Death Yann Martel and a theory about theEdward Savill, a London clerk from the American Department, is assigned to New York to investigate the claims of dispossessed loyalists caught on the wrong side of the American War of Independence. Surrounded by its enemies, British Manhattan is a melting pot of soldiers, profiteers, double agents and a swelling tide of refugees seeking justice from the Crown. Savill lodges with the respected Wintour family: the old Judge, his ailing wife and their