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Introducing Elizabethan cutpurse and adventurer Jack Blackjack in the first of a brand-new historical mystery series

January, 1554. Light-fingered Jack Blackjack knows he x2019;s not going to have a good day when he wakes with a sore head next to a dead body in a tavern x2019;s yard. That would be bad enough x2013; but when he discovers what x2019;s in the dead man x2019;s purse, the one he x2019;d stolen, his day is set to get much worse. The purse explains why the mysterious man with the broad-brimmed hat wants to catch him. But so does the Lord Chancellor, as does the enigmatic Henry. In fact, almost everyone seems to be after Jack Blackjack.

If it weren x2019;t for the rebel army marching on London determined to remove Queen Mary from her throne and install Lady Jane Grey in her place, Jack could leave the city x2013; but with the bridge blocked and every gate manned, there x2019;s no escape.

Instead he must try to work out who killed the man in the yard, and why. But it won x2019;t be easy as the rebel army comes ever closer and the death toll mounts x2026;