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England, 1593. Plague rages, famine is rife, and the city is in revolt. From this bedlam rises the sharpest of sleuths: a man named John Shakespeare.Shakespeare's brother investigates a series of murders rocking Elizabethan London. He follows the clues, which lead him from horseraces to brothels to an explosive encounter at sea. As he digs deeper, he discovers a plot that threatens not only the kingdom but everything he holds dear. This spellb...

There will be a terrible reckoning . . .England is at war with Spain, and Queen Elizabeth's court is torn apart by brutal rivalries among ambitious young courtiers. The inimitable investigator John Shakespeare is dragged from retirement to work for the Earl of Essex, the queen's favorite. His mission is to unravel the mystery behind the doomed Roanoke colony in North America, but instead, he uncovers a plot to kill the aging queen.With a plagu...

CORPUSA series of brutal killingsAn international conspiracyWho hears the drumbeat of war?The first in a major new spy thriller series from Rory Clements, acclaimed author of the John Shakespeare series1936. Europe is in turmoil. The Nazis have marched into the Rhineland, in Russia, Stalin has unleashed his Great Terror, Spain has erupted in civil war.In Berlin, a young Englishwoman evades the Gestapo to deliver vital papers to a Jewish scient...

This ingenious debut introduces John Shakespeare, Elizabethan England's most remarkable investigator, in a tale of conspiracy and murder that succeeds brilliantly as both historical fiction and crime thriller.

A compelling murder mystery set in the darkest days of Elizabeth I's reign, with Spain on the brink of invasion. Will appeal to fans of C.J. Sansom and Philippa Gregory.

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