Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Map
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Chapter Twenty-two
Chapter Twenty-three
Chapter Twenty-four
Chapter Twenty-five
Chapter Twenty-seven
Chapter Twenty-eight
Chapter Twenty-nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-one
About the Author
Also by Robin Blake
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE HIDDEN MAN. Copyright © 2015 by Robin Blake. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Blake, Robin, 1948–
p. cm.—(Cragg & Fidelis mysteries; 3)
ISBN 978-1-250-05494-4 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-5785-8 (e-book)
1. Coroners—Fiction. 2. Murder—Investigation—Fiction. 3. Great Britain—History—1714–1837—Fiction. 4. Preston (Lancashire, England)—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6102.L347H53 2015
823'.92—dc23
2014042139
First published in Great Britain under the title The Scrivener by Constable, an imprint of Constable & Robinson Ltd, an Hachette UK company
First U.S. Edition: March 2015
eISBN 9781466857858