The Red Hill

By David Penny

A killer who can't be stopped. A request that can't be refused.

In 1482 the Englishman Thomas Berrington is living in the last remnants of Moorish Spain. A physician, he is an unwilling friend to the most powerful man in the kingdom. When bodies start to turn up, each showing the marks of a savage attack, Thomas is asked to investigate.

What begins as a reluctant task turns into a fight for survival when one of the Sultan's wives is brutally murdered. Thomas, together with the eunuch Jorge, seek to track down the killer before they become his next victims. Except nothing is as it seems--friends turn into enemies and enemies into friends.

Alongside all of this Thomas has been made the gift of a beautiful woman. She resurrects long-buried memories he would prefer remain hidden, together with the truth of his past.