London: Headline (Hodder), (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The twelfth novel in the highly praised Hugh Corbett medieval mystery series, set in the early 1300s. In the village of Melford a local lord was executed for a spate of vicious murders of young women, but whenl the killing starts again and the dead lord's son alleges that a miscarriage of justice has taken place, Hugh Corbett is sent to investigate. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-747262705.