Soot, paperback/andrew martin

In this deeply atmospheric chase through 18th-century York, a cutter and painter of silhouettes is found murdered, with his final six sitters the natural suspects.

Fletcher Rigge is temporarily released from prison to solve the crime, but can he trace the silhouettes to the people behind them? This is an essential read for fans of Graeme Macrae Burnets }His Bloody Project{.