Legacy of the Lynx (The Bookfinders, #1)

1798. Three people, two brutal murders, and a single promise... Golo Eck is searching for the lost library of The Lynx, Europe's first scientific society, Fergus, his friend and fellow adventurer, is on the trail of it in Ireland, when he becomes embroiled in the uprising of the United Irish against the English. His only hope for escape is Greta, courageous messenger for the Irish Cause. Following the bloody battles of New Ross and Vinegar Hill, Fergus is missing and Greta is on the run. Furthermore, in Holland, Golo too is unaccounted for, leaving his ward Ruan a stranger in a strange land. Can Ruan pursue the trail of the lost library? Will Golo and Fergus be found? Will Greta escape Ireland? And can all or any of them finally reveal the truth about the legendary Legacy of the Lynx? Clio Gray is a master of atmosphere and sensuousness. Reading her is like being at a sumptuous feast in a palace, just before the palace is stormed. Alan BIssett, bestselling author of Pack Men

Winner of the Harry Bowling Award, Long-listed for the Bailey's, Short-listed for the Cinnamon, Clio Gray has lived in the Scottish Highlands for the last 30 years

Prologue: You Have To Kick A Mule To Get It Going 1: Half A Century In The Making 2: Bad Days, Bad Fleas 3: Good Bye Ring, Hello Road 4: Almost Stopped Before They've Started 5: Getting On, And Getting Luck On Their Side 6: When A Handkerchief Becomes The Sky 7: A Body For The Body Sweepers 8: A Corpse Can Be A Heavy Load 9: An Island Not So Green 10: Sea And Salt And Bees 11: Arrival And Arrest 12: Servants And Subhumation 13: Mordeciah Crook Is No More 14: The Grimalkin Clause 15: The Battle Of New Ross 16: Behemoths, And Other Wonders Of The Deep 17: Burning Barns, Burning Men 18: Sunken Roads And People Dying 19: Secret Societies, Secret Names 20: The Rising Of The Moon 21: To The Windmill All 22: Decisions Made 23: Battle Sworn 24: The Small Iniquities Of The Sewing Circle 25: Fevers, And Bad Old Men 26: And She Sees Maggots In Her Tidy House 27: St Drostan Forgets To Come Through 28: The Leaping Of The Lion 29: Fire, And Burning Ambition 30: From Sea To Servants 31: And Now The Athenaeum 32: To The Singel All 33: Wind And Water, And Those Waiting To Be Buried 34: Louisa's Laying Out, And Laying Down To Die 35: George And The Guildsman 36: Stars Align 37: And More Intrigue Yet To Come 38: Guildsmen, Golo, And Slip-Sliding Eels 39: Brothers Betrayed 40: Confession And Confusion 41: Resolution And Sometime Redemption 42: And Right Back At You 43: Singing That Old Song Historical Note