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
. . .