The Counterfeit Crank

Name: The Counterfeit Crank
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by Edward Marston

Book 14 in the Nicholas Bracewell series.

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Nicholas Bracewell befriends a young beggar who is trying to eke out a living as a counterfeit crank, pretending to have spectacular epileptic fits in order to get money from gullible bystanders. When the beggar is murdered inside Bridewell, Nicholas has to pose as a beggar himself in order to get inside the notorious institution so that he can solve the crime.

Counterfeiting of all kinds is exposed. Bracewell must protect the company while separating stagecraft, theatrical rivalry and political danger from the evidence of murder.