A Pound of Flesh
of Stuart S. Laing (Goodreads Author)
Series: Robert Young of Newbiggin Mysteries #1
Description
Edinburgh 1745. Deep beneath the rain soaked and wind scoured streets of the city a foul crime committed in the dark of night leaves two men lying dead in a dank cellar. A bankrupt young nobleman with an addiction to the twin vices of gambling and loose women stands accused of the horrific double murder and all the evidence seems to point towards his guilt. In desperation his lawyer turns to the one man in Edinburgh who can save him from the hangman's noose.Robert Young of Newbiggin.He is a young man who has earned a reputation amongst the city's legal fraternity for being the one person who can root out the truth by venturing into the capital's criminal underbelly. His investigation leads from the elegant drawing rooms of Edinburgh's high society to the city's most infamous brothel and into the grim hovels of the lowest alehouses on the Cowgate.But as more bodies are discovered Robert Young is forced to confront the possibility that his client may actually be guilty!
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Book Details
- Format E-book
- Pages 335 pages
- Publisher Amazon Digital Services
- Publication Date February 18th 2012
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN B007B2SG74
- Edition 1st edition
- Category Mystery & Thriller
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