Hangman's Knot

Hangman's Knot is volume eight of Widdershins. It is set shortly after the events of Curtain Call and introduces a new set of characters. It follows Vincent Knott, an apprentice hangman trying to unravel a conspiracy to save the life of accused student wizard William Sharpe, with the help of his best friend Eliza Swift.

Blurb
The first day of a job is never easy, but for apprentice hangman Vincent Knott, it couldn’t be worse.

Nervous, studious and sweet by nature, Vincent is desperate to avoid performing his first execution- even moreso after meeting the charming, foolish and condemned student wizard Will Sharpe, who is set to hang the following morning. But is Will guilty of the despicable magical crime he’s been accused of, or is he a single unwitting thread in a terribly tangled truth?

Aided by his best friend, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire Eliza Swift, Vincent has just one night to unravel the mystery, before he and Will are due their deadly appointment on the gallows.

Plot Summary
so so much. it's wild trust me.

Characters

 * Vincent Knott
 * Eliza Swift
 * William Sharpe
 * Dr. Esther Flack
 * George Knott
 * Robert Hackett
 * Yasmin Rana
 * Nicola Barber

Cameos / Minor Characters

 * Charles (Fourth Anchor Society Treasurer)
 * Adeline (Fourth Anchor Society Archivist)
 * Sylvia (Fourth Anchor Society Senior Investigator)
 * Percy (Fourth Anchor Society Junior Investigator
 * my ex lol
 * Sidney Malik & Gren



Locations

 * Swift's Apothecary
 * Gibbet Street
 * The University of Widdershins

Website
The website bonus content for after Hangman's Knot was a one-page summary of Eliza, Will, an Vincent's roles in the Modern AU, and two pages of character Q&A.

Print
The print and PDF releases of the book included 5 bonus pages of 'The Official Notes of the Fourth Anchor Society'. It shows the notes the society had collected on the events of the first 7 books.

Release
The Kickstarter campaign for the print release of Hangman's Knot ran from 27th August - 26th September 2019 and £13,571 was pledged by 548 backers. The unique reward for this campaign was a Fourth Anchor Society pin.

Easter Eggs / Trivia

 * Eliza's newspaper has a headline reading 'Reopening of the Royal Theatre?' suggesting it closed (again) following the Sin incident in Curtain Call, probably because of damage done by Envy.
 * The back of the newspaper also has a headline reading 'More reconstruction planned at the Anchor'. The roof of the Anchor still hadn't been fixed from the damage done by Pride when we saw it last in Curtain Call.
 * Gibbet Street jail has a WANTED poster for Lei Feng. She escaped the jail during the events of Curtain Call.
 * The student information board in the dorms has a notice reading 'Mirrors to be replaced next week'. All the mirrors in the university were broken during Curtain Call.
 * The gang pass through the hallway with a visible empty space where a mirror used to hang. This is where Verity Cunningham got trapped during the confrontation with Pride during Curtain Call. The mirror broke when she escaped so has been removed. You can tell it's the same hallway because of the painting to the right of it.
 * Sid can be seen walking Gren in the background outside Swift's Apothecary.