The scent of death /
Andrew Taylor.
- London : HarperCollins, 2013.
- 499 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Color maps on end papers.
Manhattan, 1778. A city of profiteers, loyalists and double agents. New York is home to a tide of refugees seeking justice from the British crown. Edward Savill is sent from London to investigate the claims of dispossessed loyalists. No sooner does he land than he becomes embroiled in a murder.
Winner of the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger 2013.