A Spectacle of Corruption is the 2nd in the short three-book Benjamin Weaver series by David Liss. The first title in this series,
A Conspiracy of Paper, which I read and enjoyed a lot in DTB days, won three "best-first novel" awards and was nominated for a fourth. So I'm happy to see this one drop to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC1B2O
Kobo US:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-s...-of-corruption
Spoiler:
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Benjamin Weaver, the quick-witted pugilist turned private investigator, returns in David Liss’s sequel to the Edgar Award–winning novel, A Conspiracy of Paper.
“[A] wonderful book . . . every bit as good as [Liss’s] remarkable debut . . . easily one of the year’s best.”—The Boston Globe
Moments after his conviction for a murder he did not commit, at a trial presided over by a judge determined to find him guilty, Benjamin Weaver is accosted by a stranger who cunningly slips a lockpick and a file into his hands. In an instant he understands two things: Someone wants him to hang—and another equally mysterious agent is determined to see him free. After a daring escape from eighteenth-century London’s most notorious prison, Weaver must face another challenge: to prove himself innocent when the corrupt courts have shown they care nothing for justice. Unable to show his face in public, Weaver pursues his inquiry disguised as a wealthy merchant seeking to involve himself in the contentious world of politics. Desperately navigating a labyrinth of schemers, crime lords, assassins, and spies, Weaver learns that in an election year, little is what it seems and the truth comes at a staggeringly high cost.
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