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The Dead Don’t Wait

by Michael Jecks Book 4 in the Bloody Mary Tudor Mysteries series.

First published 2019

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East of London, April 1555. A priest is found stabbed beside the road near St Botolph, and Jack Blackjack is accused of the killing. Clearing his name requires him to investigate a victim whose neighbours offer incompatible accounts of his past and his purpose in the village.

The case takes place within Mary I’s Catholic restoration, when a priest’s loyalties and associations can carry political as well as religious danger. Jack follows evidence among outlaws, parish disputes and concealed grievances while another crisis repeatedly diverts him from the enquiry.

Historical Periods

Mary I and the Counter-Reformation1553–1558 CE

Genres

Crime & Mystery Historical Thriller Social & Domestic Fiction

Historical people

Mary I1516–1558

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