The Tolls of DeathAfter their gruelling journeys to Galicia and Scilly, Baldwin and Simon are at last back on the English mainland, dumped unceremoniously when their shipmaster partakes of his cargo and almost wrecks the ship. Eager to get home, Baldwin and Simon set off on horseback but only get as far as Cardinham on Bodmin Moor. Here, they are detained by the castellan who requires their help to solve two murders on the estate. The first victim is a widow, found

he must hunt down and confront the enigmatic Lord Vetus - but the truth he learns is far darker than he could have imagined

threatened Merchat Navy convoys in the Western Approaches

she accepts a job as a hostess at the 'Some Like It Hot' club

and no one will tell him the reason behind her chilling obsession

With the vast Po valley almost in sight

Since his childhood in the DeepWoods

As the tension mounts

as he was to the mystery of Cruso's island

She becomes involved with Johnson Johnson in a sometimes deadly

and triumphing on your own

but never out of guile

But becoming the perfect debutante is a lot harder than Quell imagined