Calkins Susanna - The Cry Of The Hangman - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Murder always sells. But when a series of dark and puzzling crimes takes place in seventeenth - century London will printer's apprentice Lucy Campion be publishing the news - or starring in it? London 1667. Printer's apprentice Lucy Campion is unsettled when on a frozen December morning after church an elderly woman dressed in mourning clothes whispers an ominous warning in her ear. Lucy sternly tells herself it's nonsense but then her much - loved former master Magistrate Hargrave is viciously attacked with a brass hourglass during a break - in. But what exactly was the intruder searching for? And why did they first stop to steal a piece of Cook's lamb and lentil pie? The puzzling case is just the start of a series of dark bizarre crimes. Lucy's determined to uncover the truth and see that justice is done. But someone is equally determined to stop her - whatever it takes. This page - turning historical mystery set in Renaissance London is a great choice for readers who like their heroines lively their mysteries twisty and their historical settings brimming with authenticity.
Title: The Cry Of The Hangman
Author(s): Calkins Susanna
Publisher: Canongate Books
Barcode: 9781780298207
Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Date: 9/27/2022
Series: A Lucy Campion Mystery
Category: Historical Mysteries