Circle of Shadows: A Westerman and Crowther Mystery
Book 1 in the Westerman and Crowther series
About Circle of Shadows: A Westerman and Crowther Mystery
“The best yet in [Robertson’s] late-18th-century historical series.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)In the fourth installment of Imogen Robertson’s acclaimed historical suspense series, Mrs. Harriet Westerman and Gabriel Crowther depart England for the Duchy of Maulberg on a desperate mission to save a man accused of murder.
Shrove Tuesday, 1784. As Germany’s elite dance at a masked ball, the beautiful Lady Martesen is murdered. Daniel Clode, Mrs.
Westerman’s brother-in-law, is found near the body, his wrists cut, his memories nightmarish. Is Daniel a killer? As he awaits execution, Westerman enlists Crowther, the increasingly reclusive anatomist, to help prove Daniel’s innocence.