The Unmourned - The Monsarrat Series #2 MP3

The Monsarrat Series

Cover Art for 9781786074607, The Unmourned: Monsarrat Series Book 2 by Meg and Tom Keneally
ISBN: 9781489385765
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing
Published: 1 March, 2017
Format: Audiobook
Language: English
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Robert Church, Superintendent of the Parramatta Female Factory, takes full advantage of his position. First, there are the opportunities to siphon off supplies and sell them. And the Factory also provides an excellent front for Robert’s sly grog business. But to Robert’s mind, the most enjoyable part of the job is access to the young convict women under his care. There are irritants and Grace O’Leary is chief among them. She has made it her mission to protect the younger women from Robert’s nocturnal visits. She even went as far as to organise a riot sparked by his treatment of the women. Robert will deal with Grace in due course. But for now, fresh from visiting one of the Factory’s new arrivals, he feels rather pleased with himself. Until he hears footsteps following him across the courtyard. Turning, he just has time to recognise his assailant before the tip of an awl is rammed upwards into his brain via his right eyeball … Recently arrived from Port Macquarie, ticket-of-leave gentleman convict Hugh Llewelyn Monsarrat now lives in a small but comfortable house in Parramatta and is now attached to the Attorney General’s office, officially as a clerk, but also as an unofficial advisor on criminal and legal matters. He is visited by the Attorney General’s Secretary, Rupert Symes, who tells him the superintendent of the Female Factory has been murdered. A convict woman, Grace O’Leary had a particular grudge against him and is being held. Monsarrat is asked to take a statement from her, but Grace doesn’t strike Monsarrat as a murderer …

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