Saracen's Mark

England, 1593: Five years after the Armada, Elizabeth's kingdom seems secure. However, there is always a plot afoot. Robert Cecil, the Queen's spymaster, needs Nicholas Shelby, a reluctant spy and maverick physician, to embark on an undercover mission to keep Bianca Merton safe. Nicholas hunts for a missing informer in Marrakesh, but his search reveals a deadly conspiracy. Back in London, the plague has returned, ravaging the streets and threatening everything he holds dear.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 464 pages
\n Publication date: 04 February 2021
\n Publisher: Atlantic Books
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From the CWA Historical Dagger Award-nominated author of The Angel s Mark in 2019 and The Serpent s Mark in 2020 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 The Jackdaw Mysteries,a CWA Dagger finalist series 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 S. W. Perry s ingeniously plotted novels have become my favourite historical crime series S. G. MacLean From the CWA Historical Dagger Award-nominated author of The Angel s Mark in 2019 and The Serpent s Mark in 2020 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 The Jackdaw Mysteries,a CWA Dagger finalist series 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 S. W. Perry s ingeniously plotted novels have become my favourite historical crime series S. G. MacLean From the CWA Historical Dagger Award-nominated author of The Angel s Mark in 2019 and The Serpent s Mark in 2020 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...

From the CWA Historical Dagger Award-nominated author of The Angel's Mark in 2019 and The Serpent's Mark in 2020, 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 The Jackdaw Mysteries, a CWA Dagger finalist series

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

S. W. Perry's ingeniously plotted novels have become my favourite historical crime series

S. G. MacLean

\n Weight: 334g\n
Dimension: 130 x 199 x 33 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781786498991\n
Edition number: Main\n