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London, May 1665. A routine highway robbery turns deadly when the well‑mannered highwayman William Coke finds his intended victims brutally murdered. Accused of the killings, Coke is coerced into a reluctant partnership with the determined thief‑taker Pitman. Together they pursue the murderer, uncovering a far‑reaching conspiracy that links the glittering court of King Charles to the squalid slums of St Giles in the Fields. Amidst the chaos of the Great Plague, a serial killer lurks in taverns and palaces, threatening the city’s most vulnerable.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: C. C. Humphreys
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