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The Assassination Players

by David Field Book 2 in the The Bailiff Mountsorrel Tudor Mysteries series.

First published 2024

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Nottinghamshire, 1591. Two of Elizabeth I’s justices are murdered within days, together with a woman connected to one and a prisoner awaiting trial before the other. Edward Mountsorrel and Francis Barton begin investigating the killings, but their local case is interrupted by the arrival of William Cecil, Lord Burghley.

Burghley believes a Catholic conspiracy intends to assassinate Elizabeth and replace her on the throne. He sends the bailiffs into a neighbouring county to infiltrate the suspected network, where the murders and the treason plot begin to overlap and every attempt to identify the conspirators risks exposing the investigators themselves.

Historical Periods

Elizabethan Religious Settlement1559–1563 CE

Genres

Court & Political Fiction Crime & Mystery Historical Thriller Social & Domestic Fiction

Historical people

Elizabeth I1533–1603 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley1520–1598

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