‘A delicious debut from a major new talent in historical fiction. Nick Beckett crafts a compelling tale full of vicious sins and bloody rivalries. More please!’ D. V. Bishop, author of City of Vengeance
You can’t live in the past. But it can still kill you.
Kate Mayfield is regretting giving up her noble career of pickpocket, lock-breaker, and thief. As a dismal summer turns into a tempestuous autumn, she’s on the run from the law with her uncle, Simon Mayfield, astrologer, physician, and self-appointed wise man. He claims he can see the future. It’s not his fault that the details only become clear in retrospect.
Caught in a violent storm, they seek refuge at Dartwater Hall, a decaying manor house set in bleak Devonshire moorlands.
Their troubles, however, are far from over. When the master of the house dies in gruesome circumstances, they realise that a murderer is hiding in the shadows.
Trapped and hunted, the two fugitives must solve a crime with its roots in England’s bloody past . . . or they’re history.
The first novel in a distinctive and page-turning new Elizabethan mystery series, The Book of Martyrs combines a delightfully intricate plot with a cast of vivid characters and atmospheric historical detail.
You can’t live in the past. But it can still kill you.
Kate Mayfield is regretting giving up her noble career of pickpocket, lock-breaker, and thief. As a dismal summer turns into a tempestuous autumn, she’s on the run from the law with her uncle, Simon Mayfield, astrologer, physician, and self-appointed wise man. He claims he can see the future. It’s not his fault that the details only become clear in retrospect.
Caught in a violent storm, they seek refuge at Dartwater Hall, a decaying manor house set in bleak Devonshire moorlands.
Their troubles, however, are far from over. When the master of the house dies in gruesome circumstances, they realise that a murderer is hiding in the shadows.
Trapped and hunted, the two fugitives must solve a crime with its roots in England’s bloody past . . . or they’re history.
The first novel in a distinctive and page-turning new Elizabethan mystery series, The Book of Martyrs combines a delightfully intricate plot with a cast of vivid characters and atmospheric historical detail.
Reviews
The Book of Martyrs is a delicious debut from a major new talent in historical fiction. Fugitives Kate and Simon Mayfield turn detective to solve this gripping murder mystery set amid the dying days of Tudor England. Nick Beckett crafts a compelling tale full of vicious sins and bloody rivalries. More please!