Man's Loving Family

by Keith Heller

October 1727. Thrown out of the Parish Watch after an altercation with a corrupt but powerful man, George Man is glad to be offered a job guarding tobacco merchant Abraham Sinclair¹s son, whose imminent murder has been mysteriously prophesied in an almanac. He is less glad when the prophecy is fulfilled before his very eyes in a tavern brawl. Worse still, it is Man¹s good friend, the volatile poet Richard Savage, who is found holding the bloody weapon. Certain of Savage¹s innocence, Man embarks on an investigation that leads him into the bosom of the deeply troubled Sinclair family ‹ and a veritable nest of vipers.

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First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Fred Rauch · Rating 4 out of 5]

George Mann has married his Sarah (from previous book) and she has gone to take care of her ailing mother leaving him alone. Mann has been also dismissed from his job as parish watchman. He is hired to protect the son of a wealthy merchant. He is promptly killed right in front of Mann by one of Mann's friends. Mann sets out to prove his friend innocent. What he finds along the way stirs up all kinds of trouble. In the end, all is sorted out, Sarah comes home and Mann gets his job back. A good ending to Heller's trilogy,

[Rogue Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

The recreation of an historical murder, with George Man the witness to his friend's deed. Good investigational work, the perils of waiting for the hangman, and the dismal results. The final book in Heller's series. Wish there were more. Wish I could track down Keith Heller and understand more of his background and research. Really interesting