The third book in the Master of Defence series, featuring Elizabethan sleuth Tom Musgrave. During rehearsals for the first-ever performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Tom is called away to hear the news of his brother's death. The cause? Fear-John was found clinging to the high branches of an ancient oak, frozen in terror. Rumour has it that the Barguest, a mythical hound of terrifying proportions, is at large on the borders of Scotland. A tall...