The Gallows Murders (U) (Ulverscroft Large Print Series)

'Lively historical whodunnit... Shallot himself is a splendid braggart, a Tudor Flashman.' - THE TIMES 'Cleverly twisting tale of murder and mayhem.' - BRIGHTON EVENING ARGUS 'Definitely another gem from one of the best historical mystery writers around.' - CADS Someone is blackmailing King Henry VIII by despatching threatening letters from the Tower under the name and seal of Edward, one of the princes supposedly murdered there. The King is terrified - and also intrigued by the mysterious and grisly murders occurring amongst the hangmen of London. Cardinal Wolsey turns to his nephew Benjamin Daunbey, and Daunbey's servant, Roger Shallot, to unmask the blackmailer and end the murders. When the King threatens that, unless the mysteries are resolved, Shallot will hang from the highest scaffold in the kingdom, the pressure mounts to find the answers.