Marked to Die

October 1143. A mysterious archer who kills cleanly and 'dissolves' into the forest a missing train of pack mules on the salt road from Wich and a lord in the wrong place at the wrong time mean a crime the lord Sheriff of Worcestershire cannot ignore. Bradecote Catchpoll and the eager Walkelin are hunting a killer and a gang and whoever is giving them orders. They are not helped by a reeve keen to keep his position a lord with his own ends to serve and a distrusting and vengeful widow with a haunted past to whom Bradecote is increasingly attracted.