A dead man at a crossroads. A secret message. A ring with a warning about death . . . Printer´s apprentice Lucy Campion is caught up in a strange and puzzling murder case in this twisty historical mystery set in seventeenth-century London.
London, 1667. On her way to a new market to peddle her True Accounts and Strange News, printer´s apprentice Lucy Campion quickly regrets her decision to take the northwestern road. Dark and desolate, the path leads her to the crossroads - and to the old hanging tree. She doesn´t believe in ghosts, but she´s not sure ghosts don´t believe in her.
But before she even reaches the crossroads, she´s knocked off her feet by two men in a hurry. What were they running from? To her dismay, she soon discovers for herself: there, dangling from the tree, is the body of a man.
Did he commit self-murder, or is there something darker afoot? The more Lucy learns, the more determined she is to uncover the truth. But this time, even the help and protection of magistrate´s son Adam, and steadfast Constable Duncan, may not be enough to keep her safe from harm . . .