The Cargo from Neira

Name: The Cargo from Neira
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by Alys Clare Book 5 in the Gabriel Taverner Mysteries series.

First published 2023

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February 1605. A sequence of killings unsettles Devon’s Tavy valley, and country physician Gabriel Taverner is asked by the coroner to examine the bodies. He suspects that the murders are connected to a mysterious woman found in desperate circumstances, but the link becomes stranger when nutmegs repeatedly surface among the clues.

Nutmeg is already an exceptionally valuable imported spice, and rumours that it can ward off plague are pushing demand even higher. Gabriel’s investigation therefore reaches beyond rural Devon into the commercial networks and overseas rivalries that bring rare goods from the Spice Islands to European markets, turning a local murder case into a story about global trade.