The Thief Taker

Agnes Meadowes works in the kitchen of the Blanchards, a family of celebrated silversmiths based on Foster Lane. Among the pots and provisions she has found a calm retreat from the noise and crowds of London in the 1750s. That calm ends abruptly. Overnight, the Blanchards' most important commission, a silver wine cooler, vanishes, and the theft sets off a menacing series of events that reaches well beyond the workshop.