Cry of the Hangman

London, 1667. Printer's apprentice Lucy Campion is horrified when Magistrate Hargrave is viciously attacked with a brass hourglass during a break-in. The puzzling case is just the start of a series of dark, bizarre crimes. Lucy's determined to get justice for her much-loved former master, but someone is determined to stop her - whatever it takes.

About the author

Susanna Calkins is the author of the award-winning Lucy Campion mystery series, set in seventeenth century London, and the Speakeasy mysteries, set in Prohibition-era Chicago. She has a PhD in history and works at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science . Born and raised in Philadelphia, she currently lives in the Chicago area with her husband and two sons.

Product details

• Authors: Susanna Calkins, Calkins Susanna
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781780298207
• ISBN: 978-1-78029-820-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: A Lucy Campion Mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; London, Greater London, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Historical mysteries, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, C 1600 To C 1700, Later 17th century c 1650 to c 1699