1751. A quiet backwater, two murders, and a deadly game of cat and mouse
Thief-taker Meg Valentine receives an ironmaster’s invitation to investigate a spate of burglaries in a quiet Shropshire town. She needs the money, urgently, so accepts.
Within hours of her arrival, a mine manager’s son and a young wife, seemingly unconnected, are murdered.
Who would kill either of them? Are their deaths and the thefts linked?
To uncover the truth, Meg must navigate a tangle of secrets, lies, and threats to her own life.
Second in the Meg Valentine series of Georgian mysteries.