The Silver CollarAutumn, 1728. Life is good for Thomas Hawkins and Kitty Sparks. The Cocked Pistol, Kitty's wickedly disreputable bookshop, is a roaring success. Tom's celebrity as 'Half Hanged Hawkins', the man who survived the gallows, is also proving useful. Their happiness proves short lived. When Tom is set upon by a street gang, he discovers there's a price on his head. Who on earth could want him dead and why? With the help of his ward, Sam Fleet, and Sam's

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