by Jason Vail (Author)

Medieval Ludlow's deputy coroner, Stephen Attebrook would like nothing better than to enjoy a temperate spring, the Broken Shield Inn's sweet ale and delicious mutton stew. But a murdered man in possession of stolen stamps for minting money is found floating in the inn's privy. And counterfeit money turns up in the hands of innkeepers Gilbert and Edith Wistwode.Possessing counterfeit money is a hanging offense, and to save his friends from the gallows, Stephen pursues those behind a desperate plot to mint false money - intrigue that stretches into the upper reaches of English society and threatens the throne of King Henry III.

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