description: When Waterloo veteran Rider Sandman returns home to England from the war, he finds his country rife with corruption and injustice, and takes a job investigating the case of a painter sentenced to hang for a murder he did not commit.
language: English
title: Gallows Thief
titlecomplete: Gallows Thief
characters: Charles Corday, Reverend Lord Alexander Pleydell, Meg, Sir George Phillips, Sally Hood, Lord Sidmouth, Rider Sandman
genres: Mystery, Fiction, 19th Century, Regency, British Literature, Crime, Historical, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Historical Mystery
ratings_count: 6941
places: London, England
publisher: Demco Media