April 1196. When an unidentified body is discovered in the harbour town of Axmouth twenty miles from Exeter Sir John de Wolfe the county coroner is summoned to ... » 

April 1196. When an unidentified body is discovered in the harbour town of Axmouth twenty miles from Exeter Sir John de Wolfe the county coroner is summoned to investigate. The manner of the young mans death is a matter of some dispute. But as Sir John discovers it was no accident. The victim did not drown as the manor reeve alleges but was strangled to death. «