
Murdering the Messenger
by Michael Jecks
Title:
Murdering the Messenger
Author:
Michael Jecks
Series (if any):
A Bloody Mary Tudor Mystery
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
208 pages
Publisher:
Canongate Books
ISBN-13:
9780727823069
EAN:
9780727823069
Publication Date:
03/10/2023
Classifications:
Crime and Mystery
Weight (g):
470
Dimensions (mm):
147 x 223 x 24
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
"Superb. . .a fast-moving and gripping plot" Publishers Weekly Starred Review of The Merchant MurderersMarch, 1557. Jack Blackjack is back in London and enjoying a sedentary life - after his treacherous voyage back to his beloved city the previous year, he desires nothing more than the simple pleasures - women, wine, beer and more women.But his new parish of St Helen''s has different ideas for him. . . a week after first laying eyes on the tempting Miss Rachel Nailor, she turns up horribly dead on the church vestry floor. . . and someone is trying to frame him for her murder!A fellow Lady Elizabeth sympathiser, it appears Rachel Nailor was a woman with many secrets. But was she murdered in a fit of lustful rage, or was it part of a wider political play? Who would want Rachel dead - and Jack hanged for it? The suspects are plenty and Jack is running out of time. With his master breathing down his neck, and old foes crawling out of the woodwork to add to Jack''s wine-fuelled headache, Jack has never been in more danger!

























