Midnight assignations, dresses fit to meet the queen . . . and murder most horrid! Printers apprentice Lucy Campion investigates a puzzling death in this thrilling historical mystery set in seventeenthcentury London.London, 1668. Printers apprentice Lucy Campion is suspicious when she meets a young ragpicker who claims to have fine clothes to sell from a lady of quality. Are the garments stolen . . . or a sign of something worse?Her suspicions are soon realized when the clothes are identified as belonging to a recently deceased elderly aristocrat. Young Mercy Sykes has robbed a grave! Mercy is arrested, and its only thanks to Lucys intervention that the ragpicker, whos struggling to support her family, isnt locked up.Lucy doesnt expect to see Mercy again, but their meeting soon has unexpected consequences. For when Mercy finds a dead woman in the ruins of Christchurch, dressed in unexpected finery, its to Lucy who she turns for help . . .Lucy Campion is a feisty workingclass heroine, plying her trade as a printers apprentice in Renaissance London. If youre new to the series (its safe to jump right in), we cant wait for you to meet her in this twisty, puzzlepacked historical mystery, brimming with authenticity!

Binding: Paperback;240 pages; Publisher: Canongate Books; Classification: FFH; Weight: 452 g; Dimensions: 138 x 215 x 17

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