Avenging the Dead

· Robert Hale
Ebook
224
Pages

About this ebook

1863. Superintendent Henry Jarrett, chief of the detective department at Glasgow Central, is under pressure from the Union Bank who are in the midst of a forgery scandal...but just as that investigation gets under way, the murders begin. Although there is no particular modus operandi, each killing is claimed by a letter-writer calling himself the Scythe. This mysterious character paints himself as a righter of wrongs and is seemingly in possession of facts known only to the detectives. But what troubles Jarrett most – apart from the fact that the lady in his life seems to be taking too great an interest in a dashing sea captain– is that the most recent murder is not accompanied by the usual letter. Now it seems that Jarrett has two killers to contend with...

About the author

Guy Fraser has an MA in Ancient History and Classical Archaeology from Edinburgh University. His previous novels, Jupiter's Gold, A Plague of Lions and Blade of the Assassin, are also published by Robert Hale.

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