The Moers Murders

1688, The Netherlands

Master Mercurius has just settled back into his life as a lecturer at the University of Leiden when he is once again summoned by the Stadhouder, William of Orange.

A message from William is never good news, but he is not a man you can say no to. And – unfortunately – he has had one of his “little ideas”.

William has decided it is time to launch an attack on his archrival, the French King Louis XIV. And to keep the element of surprise on his side he has decided to march through Germany. To keep the Germans from blocking him, William has decided to make use of Moers, the German stronghold he inherited which he is allowed to occupy and arm. But he needs someone he can trust in control there.

And that is how Mercurius finds himself as the newly appointed – and, he hopes, strictly temporary, Governor of Moers.

Secrecy is vital, so Mercurius has to put William’s plan into effect without telling anyone why he is doing these things, and he discovers that there are some unsolved cases on his desk when he arrives; unsolved, because they are uninvestigated, not that this stopped anyone sentencing people to death for them.

Share Mercurius’ miserable summer with him!