Harry Probert-Lloyd has inherited the estate of Glanteifi and appointed his assistant John as under-steward. But his true vocation, to be coroner, is under threat.
Against his natural instincts, Harry must campaign if he is to be voted as coroner permanently by the local people and politicking is not his strength.
On the hustings, Harry and John are called to examine the body of Nicholas Rowland, a radical and pioneering schoolteacher whose death may not be the accident it first appeared. What was Rowland’s real relationship with his eccentric patron, Miss Gwatkyn? And why does Harry’s rival for the post of coroner deny knowing him?
Harry’s determination to uncover the truth threatens to undermine both his campaign and his future.
Those Who Know, the latest book in the Teifi Valley Coroner series by Alis Hawkins, is published as an ebook on 28 May, 2020.
Alis tells Historia about the background to her books, Ceredigion in the 19th century and the Rebecca riots, in an interview in which she also looks at what it’s like to write historical fiction about two very different times and places.
