'A though-provoking plot, and an affecting and powerful conclusion
make this one of Clare's best' - Booklist Starred Review
Physician-sleuth Dr Gabriel Taverner uncovers dark secrets in his
small Devon village in the second of this intriguing historical mystery
series.
June, 1604. When the emaciated body of a vagrant is found on the edge
of the moor, it's the verdict of physician Gabriel Taverner that the man
died of natural causes - but is all as it seems? Who was the dead man,
and why had he come to the small West Country village of Tavy St Luke's
to die cold, sick and alone? With no one claiming to have known him, his
identity remains a mystery. Then a discovery found buried in a nearby
field throws a strange new light on the case ... and in attempting to
find the answers, Gabriel Taverner and Coroner Theophilus Davey unearth
a series of shocking secrets stretching back more than fourteen years.