Publ. In 2010 and set in 1731 this is the first of the Richard Nottingham series. It is not massively descriptive of the period but there is enough to give you an idea of what it was like. What was good is the fact that from the start of the crime the procedure followed by the Constable was easy to understand and quite tense and gripping in places. Of all the Chris Nickson books that I have read this was one of the best.