Gun-runners, spies, and a mutilated corpse in Lichfield Cathedral. Can thief taker Samuel Kinsman uncover the truth?
Set in 1789 Lichfield, The Reward of Delay is a gripping new historical detective story, now serialised on Substack. France is on the brink of Revolution. The Midlands Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution are reshaping society. When a respected lawyer is found murdered in Lichfield Cathedral, thief-taker Samuel Kinsman teams up with Francis Barber – Dr Johnson’s former manservant, and stolid watchman Dudley Netherford to untangle a web of corruption, espionage, and political intrigue.
As danger mounts, can truth survive, when honour and family are at stake?
