Titus Cragg and his friend Luke Fidelis investigate macabre goings-on in a remote Lancashire village in this intriguing 18th century mystery.It’s the sweltering summer of 1744 and when an epidemic dis
Cragg and Fidelis investigate after the site of an inquest regarding the death of a newborn found in a local tanning pit in 1743 mysteriously burns to the ground, in the latest addition to the series
1743, and the tanners of Preston are a pariah community, plying their unwholesome trade beside a stretch of riverside marsh where many Prestonians by ancient right graze their livestock. When the body
The year is 1742, and the people of Preston are looking forward to their ancient once-every-twenty-years festival of merriment and excess, the Preston Guild. But the prospect darkens as the town plung
Blake continues the series Booklist calls "a solid winner" with a darkly rich mystery centered on an apparent suicide that leads Cragg and Fidelis down a treacherous path.The year is 1742, and the peo
Investigating the drowning death of his wife's drunken uncle against a backdrop of a contentious election, 18th-century coroner Titus Cragg receives information that suggests foul play, a situation th
In 1740s England, the roots of evil run deep. When a vicious slaying unleashes a wave of panic, village coroner Titus Cragg finds himself embroiled in the hunt for a murderer in this darkly rich and a
