Sign of the Gallows, The (eBook)

Susanna Calkins (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
Severn House (Verlag)
9781448304691 (ISBN)

Infos

A dead man at a crossroads. A secret message. A ring with a warning about death . . . Printer's apprentice Lucy Campion is caught up in a strange and puzzling murder case in this twisty historical mystery set in seventeenth-century London.London, 1667. On her way to a new market to peddle her True Accounts and Strange News, printer s apprentice Lucy Campion quickly regrets her decision to take the northwestern road. Dark and desolate, the path leads her to the crossroads and to the old hanging tree. She doesn t believe in ghosts, but she s not sure ghosts don t believe in her.But before she even reaches the crossroads, she s knocked off her feet by two men in a hurry. What were they running from? To her dismay, she soon discovers for herself: there, dangling from the tree, is the body of a man.Did he commit self-murder, or is there something darker afoot? The more Lucy learns, the more determined she is to uncover the truth. But this time, even the help and protection of magistrate s son Adam, and steadfast Constable Duncan, may not be enough to keep her safe from harm . . .

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2021
• Reihe/Serie: A Lucy Campion Mystery
• Reihe/Serie: A Lucy Campion Mystery
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: amateur sleuth • Anne Rutherford • bookseller • bookselling • Cambridge • class issues • Code • code-breaking • cyphers • female sleuth • Great Fire of London • hanging tree • London • Love Triangle • Lucy Campion • Murder • Oxford • Romance • Samuel Thomas • Science • seventeenth century • students
• ISBN-13: 9781448304691 / 9781448304691