Fatal Forgery: 1 (Sam Plank Mysteries)

It is 1824 and trust in the virtual money of the day - new paper financial instruments - is so fragile that anyone forging them is sent to the scaffold. So why would one of Londons most respected bankers start forging his clients signatures? Sent to arrest Henry Fauntleroy Constable Samuel Plank is determined to find out why the banker has risked his reputation his banking house and his neck - and why he is so determined to plead guilty.As the case makes its way through the Regency justice system exercising the finest legal minds of their generation and dividing London society into the bankers supporters and detractors Plank races against time to find the answers that can save Fauntleroys life.This is the first in the series of Sam Plank mysteries.