Cragg, Titus (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

It's the sweltering summer of 1744 and when an epidemic disease threatens the town, coroner Titus Cragg retires with his wife and baby son to a remote village in East Lancashire, where he hopes his family will enjoy the healthy tranquil air. But Cragg finds the rural atmosphere anything but peace...

The year is 1742, and the people of Preston are looking forward to their ancient once-every-twenty-years festival of merriment and excess, the Preston Guild. But the prospect darkens as the town plunges into a financial crisis caused by the death of pawnbroker and would-be banker Philip Pimbo, ap...

April, 1746. When County Coroner Titus Cragg is called to examine a body found shot to death at a local farm, he finds himself drawn into a case where nothing is as it first appears. As he attempts to track down a mysterious contract signed by the dead man, Titus realizes that if he does not find...