Publisher's Synopsis
1665. The plague raging through London has emptied the city. The only people left are those too poor to flee, or those who selflessly struggle to control the contagion. Amongst them are those who sell dubious "cures", and those who hold in their hands the future of the city's most iconic building - St Paul's Cathedral. The handsome edifice is crumbling from decades of neglect, giving the current custodians a stark choice - repair or demolish. Large sums of money have disappeared, major players have mysteriously vanished, and then an unidentified skeleton is discovered in another man's grave. A reluctant Chaloner returns to London to investigate, only to discover that someone is determined to thwart him by any means.
