Ashes of London. Andrew Taylor. 2017.

London, 1666. As the Great Fire consumes everything I its path, the body of a man is found in the ruins of St Paul’s Cathedral - stabbed in the neck, thumbs tied behind his back.

James Marwood, the son of a traitor, is forced to hunt the killer through the city’s devastated streets. There he encounters a determined young woman who will stop at nothing to secure her freedom.

When a second murder victim washes up in the Fleet Ditch, Marwood is drawn into the political and religious intrigue of Westminster - and across the path of a killer with nothing to lose……….