This is a wonderfully atmospheric historical mystery set in 1780s England, at the time of the anti-Catholic riots. When Harriet Westerman finds a dead body on her Sussex estate, she enlists the help of her neighbor, Gabriel Crowther, to find the killer. Crowther happens to be a retired doctor who studies corpses, and pretty soon he has plenty of them to study in Sussex. The dead all seem to be connected to another Sussex estate, Thornleigh Hall, and there are many suspects. Meanwhile, Alexander Adams, the heir to Thornleigh Hall, is murdered in London. It seems likely that the killings are related, but who arranged for them?

Jill