A Deadly Vow - Carla Simpson

nA THIRTY YEAR OLD MURDER... n nOld Town, Edinburgh, in a squalid tenement where poverty, rats, and disease are rampant, a young woman who worked in a local tavern lies dying. Just another number and bound for a pauper's grave in Greyfriar's kirkyardn n nn nA BOY FOUND STANDING IN HIS MOTHER'S BLOOD...

n nAlone, his grandmother the only family left, young Angus Brodie hides in the shadows nearby, the bronze medallion his dying mother pressed into his hand clenched in a tight fist as the constables carry her body from the tenement. And a name overheard--the man who was there that night, seen by the woman who collected the rents.n n nn nA VOW MADE, A PROMISE TO BE KEPT...n nAs his mother lay dying, Angus Brodie vowed that he would find the one responsible for her death no matter how long it took.n