The Assassin's Riddle

Sir John Cranston, the Coroner of the City of London, comes to survey the scene when the corpse of Edwin Chapler is pulled from the Thames. When more clerks are murdered, Cranston and Athelstan, his secretarius, have to pit their wits against a deadly enemy.

Sir John Cranston, the Coroner of the City of London, comes to survey the scene when the corpse of Edwin Chapler is pulled from the Thames. When more clerks are murdered, Cranston and Athelstan, his secretarius, have to pit their wits against a deadly enemy.