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The Clamorous Dead
by David Field
Book 4 in the The Bailiff Mountsorrel Tudor Mysteries series.
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Nottingham, 1596. A hanging at Gallows Hill is interrupted by a woman who pronounces a curse and warns that the dead will return for the living. Strange nocturnal events follow, and Edward Mountsorrel is ordered to investigate as rumours of witchcraft spread through the county.
Edward discovers that a local healer accused of sorcery is a knowledgeable woman rather than a servant of the Devil and hides her from those demanding punishment. The arrival of a professional Scottish witch-hunter intensifies the panic, forcing the bailiff to uncover the human agency behind the supposed hauntings while protecting people endangered by fear and prejudice.
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