The first in a series of gripping historical murder mysteries, set in fifteenth-century Estonia

At the dawn of the fifteenth century, Tallinn stands on the edge of Christendom. Merchants, monks, knights and pirates all struggle for control of the wealthy city. When the brutally decapitated corpse of a knight is discovered, apothecary Melchior Wakenstede, famed for his brilliant mind, is asked to investigate.

But as Melchior tries to untangle the mystery, he stumbles across truths that many powerful people would prefer stayed hidden... Does he dare to defy them all?

THE ENTHRALLING MEDIEVAL MYSTERY

1419. Rumours of a deadly haunting are spreading fast through Tallinn. A prostitute, a Flemish painter and a tower watchman all claimed to see a ghost on the notorious Rataskaevu Street. All three are now dead.

Melchior Wakenstede, the famed apothecary and sleuth, is determined to uncover the truth. But one wrong move could spell death in this city rife with corruption. And as more bodies appear, Melchior's discoveries will prove more horrifying than any ghost story.

The first in a series of gripping historical murder mysteries, set in fifteenth-century Estonia

At the dawn of the fifteenth century, Tallinn stands on the edge of Christendom. Merchants, monks, knights and pirates all struggle for control of the wealthy city. When the brutally decapitated corpse of a knight is discovered, apothecary Melchior Wakenstede, famed for his brilliant mind, is asked to investigate.

But as Melchior tries to untangle the mystery, he stumbles across truths that many powerful people would prefer stayed hidden... Does he dare to defy them all?

THE ENTHRALLING MEDIEVAL MYSTERY

1419. Rumours of a deadly haunting are spreading fast through Tallinn. A prostitute, a Flemish painter and a tower watchman all claimed to see a ghost on the notorious Rataskaevu Street. All three are now dead.

Melchior Wakenstede, the famed apothecary and sleuth, is determined to uncover the truth. But one wrong move could spell death in this city rife with corruption. And as more bodies appear, Melchior's discoveries will prove more horrifying than any ghost story.