A Rustle of SilkThe First Gabriel Taverner Mystery Devon, 1607. Gabriel Taverner, former ship's surgeon turned country physician, is called to examine a rotting body found impaled on a blade. Identifying the corpse seems a hopeless task and the death is declared a suicide. But Gabriel is not satisfied and re examines the body, making the first of a series of shocking discoveries that will lead him deep into the dark underbelly of the lucrative silk trade. As he