Ambientata nella Scozia del XVII secolo, questa serie narra la vita di un maestro di scuola colto ma impoverito che affronta le sfide della sua epoca. Approfondisce le sue lotte personali e il panorama sociale del tempo. La narrazione offre un ricco arazzo di dettagli storici ed esplorazione guidata dai personaggi.
Is the young man merely drunk or does his tottering walk suggest something more sinister? When he collapses in front of two sisters on that dark, wet night, they guess rightly that he's been murdered by poisoning. So begins this tale set in the town of Banff, Scotland in the 1620s.
A second historical thriller sweeps Alexander Seaton back to his roots in Ulster, and a family he might prefer never to have met.
A gripping historical thriller from the CWA award-winning author of The Seeker - a must-read for fans of CJ Sansom and Rory Clements
1635, Aberdeen. A girl lies dead in a frozen garden. A young man goes missing after a drunken brawl. A sinister cloaked figure watches from the shadows... The fourth historical thriller featuring Alexander Seaton.