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Full of tension and danger powerfully atmospheric JENNIFER SAINT
A beautifully crafted thriller Breathtaking and bonechilling MANDA SCOTT
Maitland is a superlative historical novelist REBECCA MASCULL
Whispers haunt the walls and treachery darkens the shadows in this captivating historical novel for readers of CJ Sansom Andrew Taylors Ashes of London and Kate Mosse
Winter 1607 A man is struck down in the grounds of Battle Abbey Sussex Before dawn breaks he is dead
Home to the Montagues Battle has caught the paranoid eye of King James The Catholic household is rumoured to shelter those loyal to the Pope disguising them as servants within the abbey walls And the last man sent to expose them was silenced before his report could reach London
Daniel Pursglove is summoned to infiltrate Battle and find proof of treachery He soon discovers that nearly everyone at the abbey has something to hide for deeds far more dangerous than religious dissent But one lone figure he senses only in the shadows carefully concealed from the world Could the notorious traitor Spero Pettingar finally be close at hand
As more bodies are unearthed Daniel determines to catch the culprit But how do you unmask a killer when nobody is who they seem
DANIEL PURSGLOVE BOOK TWO
Praise for THE DROWNED CITY
Dark and enthralling ANDREW TAYLOR
This gripping thriller shows what a wonderful storyteller Maitland is THE TIMES
Colourful and compelling SUNDAY TIMES
Goes right to the heart of the Jacobean court TRACY BORMAN
Devilishly good DAILY MAIL
Spies thieves murderers and King James I Brilliant CONN IGGULDEN
There are few authors who can bring the past to life so compellingly Brilliant writing and more importantly riveting reading SIMON SCARROW
The intrigues of Jacobean court politics simmer beneath the surface in this gripping and masterful crime novel KATHERINE CLEMENTS
Beautifully written with a dark heart Maitland knows how to pull you deep into the early Jacobean period RHIANNON WARD
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