Fourth title in the gripping medieval mystery series set in Chesterfield
Leeds, 1736. Lured out of retirement to serve as Constable once again, Richard Nottingham discovers that he's dealing with a new kind of criminal: someone who believes he's beyond... Læs mere
Leeds, 1957: When enquiry agent Dan Markham and his new partner, retired Detective Sergeant Baker, take on a missing persons case, a simple matter turns into a murder investigation when a body is recovered from the River Aire.
Eager to prove herself and determined to succeed, Lottie faces apathy from colleagues and the general public alike until she suddenly finds herself on the trail of a missing girl that leads to the underbelly of the city and to murder.
1361: Orphaned by the Black Death, all John possesses are the tools that belonged to his father, a carpenter, and an uncanny ability to work wood. But no sooner does he begin than the master carpenter is murdered and John himself becomes a suspect.
1364: The plague has returned and fear fills the air as the pestilence claims its first victims in Chesterfield. When the local priest vanishes, John the Carpenter believes the man is simply scared – until he discovers a body left in an empty house.