This book would appear to be a complex mystery that weaves together the world of smuggling and banking and is set during the Napoleonic Wars.
It features the Reverend Hardcastle as the main character as he embarks on solving the mystery of why one of his friends is acting strangely and has left his pregnant wife to go on a dangerous journey.
Added to this is the mystery of the coffin that has been smuggled ashore - whose boy does it contain - does it even contain a body? Or doe it contain something of a more threatening nature to the war effort and the economy of the country?
Early in the book the reader is introduced to a range of characters and you want to learn what role they will all play in proceedings.
It features the Reverend Hardcastle as the main character as he embarks on solving the mystery of why one of his friends is acting strangely and has left his pregnant wife to go on a dangerous journey.
Added to this is the mystery of the coffin that has been smuggled ashore - whose boy does it contain - does it even contain a body? Or doe it contain something of a more threatening nature to the war effort and the economy of the country?
Early in the book the reader is introduced to a range of characters and you want to learn what role they will all play in proceedings.