The year is 1540. Shardlake has been pulled, against his better judgement, into defending Elizabeth Wentworth, charged with murdering her cousin. He is powerless to help the girl, yet she is suddenly given a reprieve – courtesy of Cromwell. The...
"No sign of foul play". So concludes Dr Carr's post-mortem on Agatha Dawson, and the case is closed. But Lord Peter Wimsey is not satisfied and, with no clues to work on, begins his own investigation. No clues, that is, until the sudden and...
– O Boże, nic nie rozumiem – powiedziała bezradnie dziewczyna z tyłu. – Zameczek…? Dopóki konie nie weszły, mogłam jej udzielać wyjaśnień. – Zameczek to też nie koń. To Dżokej. Koń to Mimoza. I nie siedzi na nim wcale...