The Cry of the Hangman (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780727850331)

Murder always sells. But when a series of dark and puzzling crimes takes place in seventeenth-century London, will printer's apprentice Lucy Campion be publishing the news - or starring in it?

London, 1667. Printer's apprentice Lucy Campion is unsettled when, on a frozen December morning after church, an elderly woman dressed in mourning clothes whispers an ominous warning in her ear.

Lucy sternly tells herself it's nonsense, but then her much-loved former master, Magistrate Hargrave, is viciously attacked with a brass hourglass during a break-in. But what exactly was the intruder searching for? And why did they first stop to steal a piece of Cook's lamb and lentil pie?

The puzzling case is just the start of a series of dark, bizarre crimes. Lucy's determined to uncover the truth and see that justice is done. But someone is equally determined to stop her - whatever it takes.

This page-turning historical mystery set in Renaissance London is a great choice for readers who like their heroines lively, their mysteries twisty and their historical settings brimming with authenticity.

Author: Susanna Calkins
ISBN-10: 0727850334
ISBN-13: 9780727850331
Publisher: Severn House
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2021
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2021
Publishers Weekly 09/13/2021
Booklist 10/01/2021 pg. 29