The Winchester Geese

In the shadow of London’s grand cathedral, across the Thames in Southwark, a network of prostitutes known as the Winchester Geese operate under the “protection” of the Bishop of Winchester, whose power over the liberty of the Clink gives him dominion over the brothels and their souls. Among them is Marion “Mare” Fleet, a fiercely intelligent woman with a hidden vendetta. Mare rose from a riverside foundling to the bishop’s most trusted agent—and the Bishop's most dangerous liability.

When a murdered clergyman washes up in the Thames, her investigation leads her into a conspiracy involving a heretical printing press hidden beneath a Southwark theatre, a Puritan plot to burn the brothels and unseat the bishop, and a secret society called The Order of St. Ursula—ex-prostitutes turned vigilantes determined to end the church’s exploitation.

As Mare navigates these treacherous waters revelations force Mare to confront her past and question her loyalties before orchestrating a final and bloody showdown leaving Southwark and England, never to be the same again.