As the Young Pretender and his Jacobite army approach, Coroner Titus Cragg must solve a brutal murder -and prevent himself being executed for the crime.
Coroner Titus Cragg thinks he has a lead when a head is eventually found - only to.
Meanwhile, a headless body is discovered in an icy pond.
Rumours abound that Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, has landed in Scotland, intent on marching south to claim the English throne.
Preston, Lancashire.
November, 1745.
As the Young Pretender and his Jacobite army approach, Coroner Titus Cragg must solve a brutal murder -and prevent himself being executed for the crime