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Oswald de Lacey inherits Somershill Manor in the shadow of the Black Death, which has claimed his father, brothers, and many villagers. He is thrust from the cloister where he expected to remain into a role that demands he manage a dying estate under a king’s strict edict that limits wages. As tensions rise, townsfolk report sightings of a gigantic bird and a newborn child is found impaled on a thorn bush. When more children vanish, Oswald suspects the creature is more than a superstition. He faces resistance from his snobbish mother and scheming sister Clemence, who prioritizes her own child over step‑daughters, and must navigate plague‑stricken Kent, London’s thieves, and a bewitching lady’s opulent bedroom to expose a dark intrigue that threatens to consume all.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: S. D. Sykes
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