When magistrate Patrick Colquhoun orders a habitual thief transported to Botany Bay, he doesnt realize a fourteen-year-old boy has been left behind—not until young John Pickett is hauled into Bow Street for stealing an apple. Colquhoun arranges a job for John hauling coal, where John promptly falls in love with pert Sophy. At nineteen Pickett stumbles into a criminal investigation which will change the course of his life. Prequel to John Pickett mysteries Regency Mystery Novella by Sheri Cobb South originally published by the author and Belgrave HouseRegency Reads,
