The Assassin's Riddle

<h2>The only way to win this murderer's deadly game... is to play along.</h2><p>Summer 1380. Brutal and sudden death is not uncommon in the foul alleys and streets of London. The corpse of a clerk has been pulled from the Thames. They drowned but not before receiving a vicious blow to the back of the head.</p><p>Then <strong>Bartholomew Drayton</strong> a usurer and money-lender is found dead in his strongroom a crossbow bolt firmly embedded in his chest: a real mystery because the windowless strongroom was locked and barred from the inside. So who killed him? And how? And are the deaths connected?</p><p><strong>Sir John Cranston</strong> comes to survey the scene. When other clerks are murdered each with a riddle pinned to his corpse Cranston enlists the help of <strong>Brother Athelstan</strong> - and together they must pit their wits against a deadly adversary bent on murder and mayhem.</p><p><strong>Another thrilling historical mystery from a true master of the genre perfect for fans of S. G. MacLean S. J. Parris and C. J. Sansom.</strong></p>