
The Dead Don't Wait
by Michael Jecks
Title:
The Dead Don't Wait
Author:
Michael Jecks
Series (if any):
A Bloody Mary Tudor Mystery
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
256 pages
Publisher:
Canongate Books Limited
ISBN-13:
9781780296319
EAN:
9781780296319
Classifications:
Crime and Mystery
Weight (g):
454
Dimensions (mm):
138 x 215 x 23
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Jack Blackjack stands accused of killing a priest in the wickedly entertaining new Bloody Mary Tudor mystery.April, 1555. A priest has been stabbed to death in the village of St Botolph, to the east of the City of London, his body left to rot by the roadside - and Jack Blackjack stands accused of his murder.As well as clearing his name, Jack has his own reasons for wanting to find out who really killed the priest - but this is an investigation where nothing is as it seems. Was it a random attack by a desperate outlaw, or do the answers lie in the murdered priest''s past? As he questions those who knew the dead man, Jack is faced with a number of conflicting accounts - and it''s clear that not everyone can be telling him the whole truth. But Jack is about to be sidetracked from the investigation . with disastrous consequences.

























