
Sign of the Gallows
by Susanna Calkins
Title:
Sign of the Gallows
Author:
Susanna Calkins
Series (if any):
A Lucy Campion Mystery
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
240 pages
Publisher:
Canongate Books
ISBN-13:
9780727889560
EAN:
9780727889560
Publication Date:
30/11/2020
Classifications:
Crime and Mystery
Weight (g):
544
Dimensions (mm):
147 x 223 x 25
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
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 . . .















