TY - BOOK AU - Blake,Robin TI - Secret mischief T2 - A Cragg and Fidelis mystery SN - 0727890700 PY - 2021/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Severn House KW - Cragg, Titus KW - Fidelis, Luke KW - Coroners KW - Fiction KW - Physicians KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - England KW - Lancashire KW - Preston (Lancashire, England) KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Great Britain KW - George LL, 1727-1760 KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft KW - Detective and mystery fiction N2 - "April, 1746. When County Coroner Titus Cragg is called to examine a body found shot to death at a local farm, he finds himself drawn into a bizarre and complex case where nothing is as it first appears. As he questions those who knew the victim, it becomes clear that not everyone is telling him the whole truth.Could the motive for the murder lie in a dangerous contract the dead man had signed more than twenty years before, a so-called tontine agreement? Just what does the victim's enigmatic lawyer, Ambrose Parr, know that he's not revealing? As he and Dr Luke Fidelis attempt to track down the six other signatories to the contract, Titus realizes that if they do not find answers - and fast - more violent deaths will surely follow."--Publisher ER -