Author(s): Taylor, Andrew,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 04/02/2019,
Pagination: 464 pages,
Series: James Marwood and Cat Lovett
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd,
Published By: HarperCollins Publishers,
Book Classification: Historical mysteries
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780008119140
Description:

From No.1 bestselling author Andrew Taylor comes the sequel to the phenomenally successful The Ashes of London

A time of terrible danger...

The Great Fire has ravaged London. Now, guided by the Fire Court, the city is rebuilding, but times are volatile and danger is only ever a heartbeat away.

Two mysterious deaths...

James Marwood, a traitor's son, is thrust into this treacherous environment when his father discovers a dead woman in the very place where the Fire Court sits. The next day his father is run down.

Accident? Or another murder...?

A race to stop a murderer...

Determined to uncover the truth, Marwood turns to the one person he can trust - Cat Lovett, the daughter of a despised regicide.

Then comes a third death... and Marwood and Cat are forced to confront a vicious killer who threatens the future of the city itself.