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1862: A young woman is found dead by the river, her body marked by a sinister act of mutilation
Winter of Shadows
What you need to know before your trail
In the midwinter of 1862, a young woman is found dead by the river, her body marked by a sinister act of mutilation. The mysterious death spreads fear, for this is not the first corpse to be discovered. Speculation grows there is a killer stalking the city’s medieval streets. Ada Fawkes. The country’s one and only crime scene photographer. As a woman, in Victorian England, this is a dangerous practice that arouses hostility and accusations of witchcraft and Ada has turned her back on her profession to begin a new quiet life in York. But, she is summoned by Scotland Yard to uncover the truth behind the dark happenings in the old city.
DI Sam Straker. The Yard’s best detective is dis-patched from London to work with Ada. He is a man she knows all too well. Straker and Ada have a shared past and his unexpected arrival rekindles traumatic memories of their last investigation, a year earlier in Paris. Soon the hunt takes Ada deep into the shadowy heart of the walled city. But is she prepared to put her own life at stake in order to stop the killing?
Locations
Reset- England - York
- A: The Minster
- B: Chapter House Street
- C: York Castle
- D: Lendal Tower
- E: The Shambles
- F: Coney Street
- G: Stonegate
- H: The Mansion House
- I: Museum Gardens and The Yorkshire Museum
- J: Bootham Park Hospital
- K: York Cemetery
- L: Bootham Bar
- M: Silver Street
- N: Goodramgate
- O: St Michael le Belfry, Minster Yard
Travel Guide
Author guide of York:
The Minster
York is the only cathedral in the country which has a centuries-old tradition of bringing mistletoe into the cathedral during Christmas, a practice that links back to Northern England’s Viking and Druid heritage.
York Castle
The location of York gaol, debtor’s prison and the condemned cell where a murder suspect is locked up to await hanging.
The Shambles
The historic location for York’s butchers’ shops where the blood and guts of slaughtered animals were tossed into the street.
Bootham Park Hospital
The location of York Lunatic Hospital and city’s morgue.
York Cemetery
Paupers and unidentified bodies are buried here in mass graves. It was built in 1837 outside the city walls when the small parish church yards were so overfull, bones spilled onto pavements and the smells caused many complaints during church services
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Winter of Shadows
Destination/location: York Author/guide: Clare Grant Departure Time: 1862
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