The Brampton Ghost Murders

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>They dug for Pepys's gold - and unearthed the dead.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>January 1667. Two thousand pounds in gold coins buried in Samuel Pepys's father's garden have vanished. Pepys dispatches his inquisitors Abigail Harcourt and Jacob Standish to Brampton to recover the hoard.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The village is paralysed by fear. The Wychwood Drummer - ghost of a man hanged for theft - beats his lonely tattoo through the trees at night and villagers swear he guards the stolen gold. When bodies begin appearing the locals see God's vengeance. Abby sees a thief covering their tracks.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Stranded in a derelict cottage deep in Wychwood with the drumbeat echoing through the forest Abby and Jacob must solve their deadliest case. But Brampton hasn't forgotten.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Last time they saved Pepys's sister from the gallows. Paulina was no witch - but are they? That's what the villagers believe.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And now the noose swings for them.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Brampton Ghost Murders continues the Samuel Pepys Mysteries historical mysteries steeped in period colour and brimming with fiendish whodunits. Step back into Pepys's London - once you do you won't want to leave.</span></p>