‘DRAMATIC AND COLOURFUL’ SUNDAY TIMES’MY FAVOURITE HISTORICAL CRIME SERIES’ S. G. MacLEAN——————————————————England, 1593: Five years on from the Armada and Elizabeth’s kingdom seems secure. But there is always a plot afoot…Robert Cecil, the Queen’s spymaster, needs Nicholas Shelby – reluctant spy and maverick physician – to embark on an undercover mission once again. One that he can’t refuse, if he wants to keep Bianca Merton safe. Crossing the seas to Marrakesh in search of a missing informer, Nicholas hunts the dingy back alleys and dazzling palaces for the truth. But his search reveals a deadly conspiracy, one far more difficult to survive than he’d ever imagined.And back in London the plague has returned, ravaging the streets and threatening everything he holds most dear…Praise for S. W. Perry’s Jackdaw Mysteries’S. W. Perry is one of the best’ The Times’No-one is better than S. W. Perry at leading us through the squalid streets of London in the sixteenth century’ Andrew Swanston’Historical fiction at its most sumptuous’ Rory ClementsREADERS ARE RAVING ABOUT THE SARACEN’S MARK’Terrific’ *****’I just can’t get enough of Nicholas and Bianca’ *****’Superb, with so many twists and turns’ *****’Please write more!!’ *****’A real page turner’ *****<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1593. Five years on from the Armada and England is taking its first faltering steps towards a future as a global power. On an undercover mission to find out the fate of one of the queen’s informers, physician and reluctant spy, Nicholas Shelby, travels from the dark alleys of London to the dazzling Moor city of Marrakech. Meanwhile in London, Shelby’s companion, Bianca Merton, must fight against the ravaging plague that is stalking the city. Can their budding relationship weather the threats of pestilence and conspiracy? And will Nicholas survive his mission and the unpredictability of Marrakech to return home?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[68],"product_tag":[26816,316,69],"class_list":["post-110195","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-general-fiction","product_tag-crime-mystery-fiction","product_tag-espionage-spy-thriller","product_tag-historical-fiction","pa_book_author-perry-s-w","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-823-92-edition23","pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","pa_imprint-corvus","pa_language-english","pa_pages-10164","pa_publisher-corvus","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n