The Secret of Adam Grey — Amy Cross

The year is 1782, and Crowford is a town of danger and intrigue. Smugglers are running riot, controlling the streets as they move their contraband from the beach to the shadows. Drunks and murderers fill the inns, threatening danger to anyone who dares disrupt their hushed conversations. Blood flows freely.And above all this madness hangs the constant fear of soldiers arriving from London to visit their own blend of violence and terror upon the town.Adam Grey is a man on a mission. Equally comfortable with the dregs of society and the richest aristocrats, he moves between two worlds, constantly trying to keep his plans in motion. Time is running out, however, and fate is about to catch up to Adam in the most horrific way possible. He knows he can't be saved, but does he still have a chance to rescue the one person who actually matters to him in all the world?And how is all of this connected to a plan, two hundred years later, to build a new car park?The Secret of Adam Grey is the sixteenth book in the Ghosts of Crowford series. Each book tells a standalone story, and they can be read in any order.