The Fire Court

Name: The Fire Court
Rating: 4.18 (10103 reviews)

by Andrew Taylor Book 2 in the James Marwood & Cat Lovett series.

First published 2018

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In the aftermath of the Great Fire, London’s Fire Court attempts to settle competing property claims so the city can be rebuilt. James Marwood is drawn into its world when his confused father reports seeing a murdered woman in the court’s chambers and is then fatally struck down in the street.

Marwood turns to Cat Lovett, now trying to establish an independent life through architecture, as further deaths suggest that valuable land and concealed identities are driving the violence. Their search exposes how reconstruction has created opportunities for fraud, coercion and revenge beneath the official promise of a renewed capital.