River of Sins

July 1144. Ricolde 'the finest whore in Worcester' is found butchered on an island a few miles up the River Severn. How did she get there who killed her and why? Uncovering details of her life and her past reveal a woman with hidden depths and hidden miseries which are fundamental to the answers but time has cast a thick veil over the killer's identity. The lord Sheriff's men have a trail that went cold over two decades ago and evidence that contradicts itself. In a place Catchpoll knows inside out he finds things new even to him and then the case becomes personal.