Assisted by her band of loyal courtiers and retainers, young queen Elizabeth I spearheads the investigation into the brutal murder of a high-living lady of her court, only to stumble upon a sinister plot against the queen herself. By the author of The Poyson Garden. Reprint.
she inquired, for Harry was always mentoring young men of talent. This one would have done for one of her guards or porters with his height and clean, good looks were he not already attired in the new buff-and-brown Hunsdon colors.
Karen Harper’s crowd-pleasing Elizabeth I Mystery series, hailed as “extraordinary” by the Los Angeles Times, continues with this marvelous, majestic novel.
As the dog devoured it, Meg went out to watch Her Majesty open the Great Hall doors to the first footer. In the sudden hush in the Great Hall, the single knock echoed. At least it sounded, Elizabeth thought, relieved, as if Sussex was ...
"Harper's facility with historical figures is extraordinary." —Los Angeles Times "Fast-paced, suspenseful...readers will find themselves spellbound by the characters, plotting and plausible period detail."—Publishers Weekly "Harper is ...
“I noted well your pride, too, when you mentioned how you taught the heir, Master Percy, to ride,” she said. “Can you tell me what happened to all of them when they had to move elsewhere?” “Bitter and broken, all of them.
“ I wager one thing , ” Marie said , seeming fully alert at last . “ Their cuts might slow them down if you mean to chase them , Your Grace . ” ' Cause . ” Sally added , “ bet we know now who hurt Marie's aunt .
“A spicy smell, rather too strong,” Anne Carey put in, wrinkling her pert nose. “I like it myself, and so does our queen, ... “You must take your sister riding while she's here, as she won't come out of her chamber for me,” Elizabeth ...
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“Don't see 'im,” someone behind him said. “Thought we 'it 'im too.” “Beat the bushes. A knife or sword blade will do, but these poison arrows be better.” SHAKING witH SHOCK AND AGONY, Henry Carey huddled behind a fallen tree in a ...