A Dangerous Trade

by Steven Veerapen Book 1 in the Jack and Amy Cole series.

First published 2019

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3.9(1,111)

England in the late 1560s. Jack Cole has returned from military service and entered the household responsible for guarding the captive Mary, Queen of Scots. When a Catholic plot promises to free Mary, Jack is drawn into a dangerous traffic of messages, loyalties and betrayals, while his wife Amy must decide how far she will go to protect him and their family.

The first Jack and Amy Cole novel uses Mary’s English captivity and the intense political anxiety surrounding her claim to Elizabeth I’s throne as its historical framework. Mary and the great political divisions are historical, while Jack, Amy and the immediate conspiracy are fictional. Veerapen treats espionage as a household and marital danger as much as a court intrigue.