The Hangman's Turn: The truth is in the hands of the hangman.

1810: Nottingham, England.

A glorious age crumbles as the masses leave the countryside to join the new machines of industry in the towns and cities. Nothing is ever as easy as it appears.

Land is an expensive commodity, patrons of the Lions Chambers have a common goal, with land cheap for the wealthy. The bigger the town grows, the closer they are to city status. Prices will rise and their investments will pay.

With many in the town of Nottingham still owning land, they will be forced into a new age, the age of justice.

The man charged with the duty of ending the lives of the guilty stumbles upon a dark secret. Questioning his faith, George Smith takes the only path he sees fit.

With his own family to protect, can he save the innocent and remain a free man himself? It is a tale only the hangman can tell.

Part one of the completed Grim Nottingham Series.