Martyr

Rory Clements

first published 2009 Witness Impulse, 2014 435 pages

John Shakespeare mystery — book 1

In this ingenious debut, Rory Clements introduces John Shakespeare, Elizabethan England's most remarkable investigator, and delivers a tale of murder and conspiracy that succeeds brilliantly as both historical fiction and a crime thriller. In a burnt-out house, one of Queen Elizabeth's aristocratic cousins is found murdered, her young flesh marked with profane symbols. At the same time, a plot to assassinate Sir Fran...

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Martyr edition · 2014 · Witness Impulse · 435 pages · 9780062356321
Martyr edition · 2010 · John Murray · 422 pages · 9781848543638
Martyr edition · 2009 · Thorndike Press · 9781410419002
Martyr edition · 2009 · Bantam Books · 388 pages · 9780385342827
Martyr ebook · 2009 · Random House Publishing Group · 9780553906554
Martyr edition · 2009 · John Murray · 409 pages · 9781848540774

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