FUGITIVE FROM THE GRAVE

By the bestselling author of the popular Railway Detective series, this is one of his thrilling mysteries for the Bow Street Rivals. 1817. Having received an anonymous message informing her that her estranged father is dead and buried, Clemency van Emden arrives from Holland desperate to visit his final resting place. A chance encounter on a busy London street leads her to twin detectives Peter and Paul Skillen who agree to help her unravel the mystery of her father's last days. When the body of her father is discovered to be missing from its casket, the Bow Street Rivals will embark on a chase of grave robbers, funerary agents and Good Samaritans to unearth the truth. London is awash with beggars, haunting the riverside, lurking in doorways and descending on St Paul's Cathedral like a swarm of locusts. 350pp in paperback.