The Great Fire of London is raging and James Marwood, the son of a traitor, is charged with solving a series of murders.
Picking his way through the burning remnants of one of Europe’s great cities, Marwood has to sift through the wrecked lives of those he encounters if he is to solve the complex mystery unfolding in front of him.
With the life of his father and that of his own at the whim of a series of masters, including the recently restored King, Marwood must tread carefully.
When he also discovers he has power over a young woman whose life is even more complicated than his own, the puzzles swimming around Marwood’s mind become even harder to solve.
The Ashes Of London is a complex weave of history and mystery and the first of a new series from Andrew Taylor, who has already won a number of awards for historical crime writing and seen his work adapted for TV.
Just as the fire of 1666 raged through London then, Taylor’s latest tale is sure to scale the heights of the bestseller charts.
