Face down among the Winchester Geese by Kathy Lynn Emerson (Hardback, 1999-1st)

Face Down Among the Winchester Geese, an Elizabethan Mystery Featuring Susanna, Lady Appleton \nEmerson, Kathy Lynn\n\nPublished by St. Martin's Press, New York, New York (1999) Hardcover with unclipped jacket, protected, minor wear to the edges and corners. Spine ends a little bumped, else clean and tight and in excellent condition. First Edition and impression. \n\nIt is the spring of 1563, and Susanna, Lady Appleton, wants only to tend to the medicinal herbs in the garden of her London townhouse. But the appearance of a mysterious veiled woman disrupts her plans. Is the woman just another mistress of Robert's, her forever-philandering husband? When the woman is found dead with a snapped neck in London's notorious brothel district, and her last known visitor was Robert, Lady Appleton is forced to investigate. As she delves deeper into the mystery she uncovers a string of murders of dark-haired women, all occurring on St. Mark's Day, and, most perplexing, all with a goose feather ler