A Sir John Fielding book, set in mid-18th century London. As a blind jurist, Sir John Fielding weilds much power and commands respect in his community. With the help of young Jeremy Proctor, Sir John sets about solving the horrific murders of a printing family--the night before Jeremy was to start his apprenticeship there. A Book-of-the-Month Club selection.

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The crime appeared as easily solved as it was wicked. A Grub Street printer, his family , and two apprentices brutally murdered in their sleep. Al locked building. And at the scene, a raving mad poet brandishing a bloody axe. Sureley the culprit had been found, and justice would be swift and served. But to Sir John Fielding, justice was more than finding a culprit - it was finding the truth. Aided by thirteen -year-old Jeremy Proctor, Fielding decided to investigate further. And the truth behind the apparently solved Grub Street massacre was more evil - and more deadly - than the dastardly crime itself....

Good read. Nice summer time beach book.

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