By Rory Clements

For fanatics of CJ Sansom and SJ Parris, HOLY undercover agent is the newest in Rory Clements' acclaimed and bestselling John Shakespeare sequence of Tudor secret agent thrillers. Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters old Fiction Award, 'does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times

Rory Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters old Fiction Award, 'does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times

In London's smoky taverns, a conspiracy is brewing: a gaggle of rich younger Catholic dissidents plot to assassinate Elizabeth, unfastened Mary Queen of Scots - and open England to Spanish invasion. however the conspirators were infiltrated by way of Sir Francis Walsingham's best intelligencer, John Shakespeare.

Shakespeare, notwithstanding, is torn: the lady he loves stands accused of homicide. In a determined race opposed to time he needs to keep her from the noose and the area from treachery. after which it dawns that either investigations are inextricably associated - by means of corruption very on the subject of the seat of strength . . .

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