London, 1667. On her way to a new market to peddle her wares,printer's apprentice Lucy Campion is knocked off her feet by two men in ahurry. When she reaches the desolate crossroads, she discovers why: there,dangling from the hanging tree, is the body of a man. Did he take his life?Lucy is determined to uncover the truth, whatever the danger .
Susanna Calkins Boeken
Susanna Calkins put diep uit haar historische expertise om boeiende mysteries te creëren die zich in het verleden afspelen. Haar romans worden geprezen om hun authentieke sfeer en complexe plots die lezers door de tijd transporteren. Calkins verweeft meesterlijk historische nauwkeurigheid met boeiende verhalen, waardoor werkelijk meeslepende leeservaringen ontstaan. Haar werk getuigt van haar diepgaande begrip van zowel geschiedenis als de kunst van spanning.
London, 1667. Printer's apprentice Lucy Campion is horrified when Magistrate Hargrave is viciously attacked with a brass hourglass during a break-in. The puzzling case is just the start of a series of dark, bizarre crimes. Lucy's determined to get justice for her much-loved former master, but someone is determined to stop her - whatever it takes.