1817, Chalk Farm, London.
At dawn the scene is set for a duel between a lady's two ardent admirers.
Although the duel is broken up, later in the day one of the duellists is found dead, shot between the eyes.
Paul and his twin Peter are determined to see justice done and are soon enmeshed in threads of inheritance, treachery and fraud.
Allison & Busby Date with the executioner | edward marston
