The Scent of Death

The Scent of Death

<p>*WINNER of the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award 2013*<br />‘Andrew Taylor wrote superb historical fiction long before Hilary Mantel was popular’ Daily Telegraph<br />From the No.1 bestselling author of THE AMERICAN BOY comes a new historical thriller set during the American War of Independence.</p><p>‘This is the story of a woman and a city. I saw the city first, shimmering from afar like the new Jerusalem in the setting sun. It was Sunday, 2nd August 1778.’</p><p>Edward Savill, a London clerk from the American Department, is assigned to New York to investigate the claims of dispossessed loyalists caught on the wrong side of the American War of Independence.</p><p>Surrounded by its enemies, British Manhattan is a melting pot of soldiers, profiteers, double agents and a swelling tide of refugees seeking justice from the Crown.</p><p>Savill lodges with the respected Wintour family: the old Judge, his ailing wife and their enigmatic daughter-in-law Arabella. The family lives in limbo, praying for the safe return of Jack Wintour, Arabella's husband, who is missing behind rebel lines.</p><p>The discovery of a body in the notorious slums of Canvas Town thrusts Savill into a murder inquiry. But in the escalating violence of a desperate city, why does one death matter? Because the secret this killing hides could be the key to power for whoever uncovers it…</p>