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Another darkly humorous murder mystery featuring Master Mercurius! Perfect for fans of Andrew Taylor, C J Sansom, S J Parris and Ken Follett. Are the sins of the past threatening the present…? 1686, The Netherlands After getting Master Mercurius jailed and nearly put to death with one of his schemes, the Stadhouder, William of Orange, has finally left Mercurius in peace. But Mercurius is not able to remain in Leiden for long. A friendly debate on the sin of witchcraft has been proposed between the University of Leiden and the University of Leuven. And the scholars are to meet part-way in the city of Maastricht.