A Season for Justice

England, 1618. Ex-magistrate Robert Belstrang receives a plea from a dying friend, Sir Richard Mountford, to visit him at Foxhill Manor. However once he arrives, he discovers that Sir Richard is not dying, but merely desperate.

His brother John has been killed in an explosion at the family’s iron foundry, down in the remote Forest of Dean. They cast cannons for the Royal Armouries – a privileged and lucrative business. But Sir Richard does not believe John’s death was an accident, and implores Belstrang – the only man he can trust - to investigate.

But when Belstrang starts to ask questions, the mystery only deepens and once the truth begins to unfold, it does so with dangerous implications reaching far beyond England’s shores.

This time Belstrang must follow the trail to the bitter end, which could result in the saving of his own estate – or his total ruin.

This title was previously published as Deliverance.

"A Season for Justice" was written by John Pilkington.

A writer for over forty years, John Pilkington was born in Lancashire and worked at many jobs including laboratory assistant, farm worker, weaver, shipping clerk, picture frame-maker and cabaret musician before finding his true vocations. He has written plays for radio and theatre, television scripts for a BBC soap, a short-lived children’s series and numerous works of historical fiction, including several Elizabethan mystery series for award-winning publisher Boldwood Books.

He lives in a village on a tidal estuary in Devon with his long-term partner.

Yes, "A Season for Justice" is part of the "The Justice Belstrang Mysteries" series.