Jack Blackjack´s search for an executioner´s son ensnares him in a fiendish mesh of schemes in this lively Tudor mystery. London. May, 1556. Hal Westmecott, one of the city´s most feared executioners, reckons Jack Blackjack owes him a favour - and now he´s come to collect his dues. Hal has ordered Jack to track down his long-lost son and, although Jack believes he´s been set an impossible task, he´s in no position to refuse. But when Jack´s search draws him to the attention of a ruthless nobleman, a dead priest´s vengeful brother and finally to a bloodstained body in a filthy lodging house, he comes to realize he is an unwitting pawn in a mesh of schemes dreamed up by the most powerful people in England. Just who is a friend, who is a foe - and will Jack escape with his life intact?