Late spring, 1728 and Thomas Hawkins has left London for the wild beauty of Yorkshire - forced on a mission he can't refuse. John Aislabie, one of the wealthiest men in England, has been threatened with murder. Blackmailed into investigating, Tom must hunt down those responsible, or lose the woman he loves forever. The new gripping historical thriller by the author of The Devil in the Marshalsea and The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins. Inspired by real characters, events and settings.