A Rustle of Silk

About the Author\nAlys Clare is the pseudonym of Elizabeth Harris, who has over twenty published novels.\nDevon, 1607. Gabriel Taverner, former ship’s surgeon turned country physician, is called to examine a rotting body found impaled on a blade. Identifying the corpse seems a hopeless task and the death is declared a suicide.
But Gabriel is not satisfied and re-examines the body―making the first of a series of shocking discoveries that will lead him deep into the dark underbelly of the lucrative silk trade. As he investigates, Gabriel realises that not only was the death a murder―but even worse, he had a personal connection with the corpse.