Death and the Black Pyramid (John Rawlings, Apothecary, 13)

A ‘John Rawlings’ Georgian mystery - Apothecary John Rawlings is summoned to Devon by his beautiful, unpredictable mistress. Leaving his daughter in the good care of her grandfather, Rawlings sets off for Exeter. His fellow stagecoach passengers are a motley crew, and include a talkative German lady, a dance-master, and a bare-knuckle fighter called the ‘Black Pyramid’. Before the journey’s end a man is found brutally murdered, and Rawlings is drawn into a complex, dangerous intrigue.