Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway has excavated a body from the grounds of Norwich Castle, once a prison. The body may be that of Victorian murderess Jemima Green. Called Mother Hook for her claw-like hand, Jemima was hanged for the murder of five children. DCI Harry Nelson has no time for long-ago killers. Investigating the case of three infants found dead, one after the other, in their King's Lynn home, he's convinced that their mother is responsible. Then a child goes missing. Could the abduction be linked to the long-dead Mother Hook? Ruth is pulled into the case, and back towards Nelson.
- ISBN10 0857388908
- ISBN13 9780857388902
- Publish Date 6 February 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 April 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Quercus Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English