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In 1592, Sir Robert Carey, a handsome courtier fleeing his creditors, his father's wrath, and the close scrutiny of his Queen, came north to Carlisle to take up his new post as Deputy Warden of the West March. The presence of his true love, the married Elizabeth Widdrington, was no mere coincidence. Before long, Sir Robert was up to his ruff in horse rustling and treason (A Famine of Horses), but he sorted that out with dispatch. Now he's in trouble again. The rowdy Grahams plan to kidnap Elizabeth as she journeys home to her husband. While Sir Robert storms out to stop them, someone murders the man he has just sacked from his post of paymaster to the Carlisle garrison. When Sir Robert returns, he finds his servant Barnabus slung into the castle dungeon, accused of the crime, and his arch enemy Sir Richard Lowther scheming to have Carey arrested for masterminding the murder...When even faithful Sergeant Dodd is prepared to believe he did it, the courtier finds his hands full - while ruin stares him in the face - as he juggles the murder inquiry and untangles a skein of love and greed that reminds him most uncomfortably of how carefully he must conceal his love for Elizabeth.

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'A Chisholm novel will offer an unforgettable Elizabethan pilgrimage' Kirkus Reviews.

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Patricia Finney is an author and journalist.She has written under the pen names 'P. F. Chisholm' and 'Grace Cavendish'. Her first novel A Shadow of Gulls, won the 1977 David Higham Award for Best First Novel of the year.

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