The Executioner of St Paul's (Adventures of Thomas Chaloner)
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The Executioner of St Paul's (Adventures of Thomas Chaloner)
This is a copy of The Executioner of St Paul's, a historical mystery novel by Susanna Gregory.
It is the twelfth book in the Thomas Chaloner adventure series.
The plot is set in plague-ridden London in 1665.
Chaloner, a reluctant spy, investigates a murder and disappearances linked to the future of St Paul's Cathedral.
The hardcover edition was published by Sphere in 2017.
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The plague raging through London in 1665 has emptied the city. The only people left are those too poor to flee, or those who selflessly struggle to control the contagion and safeguard the capital's future.
Amongst them, though, are those prepared to risk their health for money - those who sell dubious 'cures' and hawk food at wildly inflated prices. Also amongst them are those who hold in their hands the future of the city's most iconic building - St Paul's Cathedral.
The handsome edifice is crumbling from decades of neglect and indecision, giving the current custodians a stark choice - repair or demolish. Both sides have fanatical adherents who have been fighting each other since the Civil Wars. Large sums of money have disappeared, major players have mysteriously vanished, and then a unidentified skeleton is discovered in another man's grave.
A reluctant Chaloner returns to London to investigate, only to discover that someone is determined to...
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