REDEMPTION OF ALEXANDER SEATON: Book 1

Banff, Scotland, 1626. A young apothecary's assistant collapses in front of two sisters on that dark, wet night. The two women guess that he's been poisoned. The next morning he is found dead in the house of Alexander Seaton, a fallen minister and reluctant, embittered teacher whose clandestine love affair has left him disgraced. Why would anyone want to murder this likeable young man? Murder is suspected and when one of Alexander's few friends in the town is arrested, he sets out to prove his innocence. Forced to confront his own demons, Alexander embarks on a journey not only through the darkest parts of other men's souls, but also his own. A thrilling murder mystery with themes of bigoted, inflamed prejudices that lead to a witch hunt, and accusations of treacherous Catholic plotting. 408pp, paperback.