The Brampton Ghost Murders: The Samuel Pepys Mysteries Book 7 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781068702792)

They dug for Pepys's gold - and unearthed the dead.

January 1667. Two thousand pounds in gold coins, buried in Samuel Pepys's father's garden, have vanished. Pepys dispatches his inquisitors, Abigail Harcourt and Jacob Standish, to Brampton to recover the hoard.

The village is paralysed by fear. The Wychwood Drummer - ghost of a man hanged for theft - beats his lonely tattoo through the trees at night, and villagers swear he guards the stolen gold. When bodies begin appearing, the locals see God's vengeance. Abby sees a thief covering their tracks.

Stranded in a derelict cottage deep in Wychwood, with the drumbeat echoing through the forest, Abby and Jacob must solve their deadliest case. But Brampton hasn't forgotten.

Last time, they saved Pepys's sister from the gallows. Paulina was no witch - but are they? That's what the villagers believe.

And now the noose swings for them.

The Brampton Ghost Murders continues the Samuel Pepys Mysteries, historical mysteries steeped in period colour and brimming with fiendish whodunits. Step back into Pepys's London - once you do, you won't want to leave.