Jeri Westerson erschafft fesselnde mittelalterliche Noir-Mysterien, die den Leser in detailreiche historische Umgebungen entführen. Ihre Erzählungen zeichnen sich durch komplexe Handlungsstränge und ein scharfes Gespür für Atmosphäre aus, was jede Geschichte zu einem tiefgründigen Erlebnis macht. Westerson verbindet meisterhaft historische Genauigkeit mit spannungsgeladenen Erzählungen und beleuchtet die dunkleren Aspekte der Vergangenheit. Ihre unverwechselbare Stimme erweckt alte Welten zum Leben und bietet dem Leser sowohl intellektuelle Anregung als auch spannende Eskapismus.
Restoring his recently inherited family home is proving a daunting task for young lawyer Nigellus Cobmartin. When workmen uncover a skeleton bound, tied and hidden in the wall - and holding the precious relic that went missing from his father's estate nearly twenty years ago - Nigellus immediately calls on London tracker Crispin Guest for help.
1399, London. The prioress at St. Frideswide wants to hire Crispin Guest, Tracker of London, to investigate murders at the priory. Two of Prioress Drueta's nuns have been killed in a way that signifies two of the Seven Deadly Sins, and she's at her wits end. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing when the exiled Henry Bolingbroke returns to England's shores.
A quest to find the ancient sword Excalibur quickly turns into a hunt for a determined killer for Crispin Guest.London, 1396. A trip to the swordsmith shop for Crispin Guest, Tracker of London, and his apprentice Jack Tucker takes an unexpected turn when Crispin crosses paths with Carantok Teague, a Cornish treasure hunter. Carantok has a map he is convinced will lead him to the sword of Excalibur - a magnificent relic dating back to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table - and he wants Crispin to help him find it. Travelling to Tintagel Castle in Cornwall with Carantok and Jack, Crispin is soon reunited with an old flame as he attempts to locate the legendary sword. But does Excalibur really exist, or is he on an impossible quest? When a body is discovered, Crispin's search for treasure suddenly turns into a hunt for a dangerous killer.
1529, London. Jester Will Somers knows all of King Henry VIII's secrets. But when he discovers a body in a courtyard at Greenwich Palace, and a blackmail note arrives soon after demanding information about the king, can he prevent one of his own closely guarded secrets being exposed while also thwarting a plot against the monarch?
London, 1895. Former Baker Street Irregular Tim Badger opens his own consulting detective agency with his partner, Benjamin Watson, and the duo take on their first case when a man is murdered at a s�ance. Are they ready to follow the example of their great mentor, Sherlock Holmes, and navigate dark secrets and grave danger to catch a killer?
Private investigators Timothy Badger and Benjamin Watson take on another unusual and baffling case in Victorian London when a mummy unwrapping party takes a chilling turn. London, 1895. Although their last high profile case was a huge success, private detectives Tim Badger and Benjamin Watson know they can't afford to turn down any work, despite financial assistance from their mentor, Sherlock Holmes. So when the eminent Doctor Enock Sawyer of St Bart's Hospital asks Badger if the duo will provide security for a mummy unwrapping party he is hosting, Badger doesn't hesitate to take the job. After all, how hard can guarding the doctor's bizarre Egyptian artefacts be? But with Doctor Sawyer running late for his own party, the 'genuine' ancient sarcophagus of Runihura Saa is unravelled to reveal the remains of . . . Doctor Sawyer! Suddenly, the pair are drawn into a new case that's stranger and twister than they could ever have imagined.
Condannato per tradimento, Crispin Guest ha perso tutto ciò che aveva: il titolo, la terra, il denaro e gli amici. Diventato un abile investigatore, può contare solo su se stesso per riabilitare la propria reputazione. Un giorno una ragazza bussa sconvolta alla sua porta: nella sua stanza è stato trovato un uomo morto, colpito da una freccia. Crispin inizia a indagare, scoprendo che la vittima era uno dei tre corrieri del re di Francia e aveva il compito di trasportare una reliquia destinata ad appianare i difficili rapporti tra Francia e Inghilterra. Gli eventi sfuggono rapidamente al controllo di Guest, che finisce per diventare uno dei principali sospettati per l’omicidio, dalle terribili implicazioni sul piano diplomatico. Mentre la tensione tra Francia e Inghilterra cresce, Guest dovrà svelare il complotto che si cela dietro il delitto, per salvare non solo il suo Paese, ma anche se stesso.
