Cold Cruel Winter: A Richard Nottingham Mystery (Richard Nottingham Mysteries Book 2)

Second in the highly-acclaimed Richard Nottingham historical mystery series 1732. Richard Nottingham, Constable of the City of Leeds, is grieving the death of his daughter, but he must rouse himself from his lethargy when the body of wealthy wool merchant Samuel Graves is discovered, his throat slit, the skin razed from his back. Why would the killer want Graves' skin? When Nottingham receives a slim, bound volume entitled The Journal of a Wronged Man he discovers the shocking answer - and it hurls him into a desperate battle for survival against a ruthless killer with old scores to settle. March 1732, and Leeds is suffering through the most brutal winter any can recall. Richard Nottingham, Constable of the City of Leeds, is lost in grief for the death of his elder daughter, taken by the bitter cold. But the discovery of a corpse of a wealthy wool merchant, his throat cut and the skin stripped from his back, drags Nottingham harshly into the present. As winter claims more victims and Nottingham and his family try to piece together their shattered lives, the Constable and his men desperately chase a ruthless murderer.--From book jacket