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The Judas Blade
First published 2011
London, 1671. Actress Betsy Brand is drawn away from the stage when her father faces imprisonment for debt. The powerful Lord Caradoc offers a solution, but his price is dangerous: Betsy must cross to Delft and gather intelligence for England at a moment when relations with the Dutch Republic are again deteriorating.
In the Netherlands she is paired with the reckless agent Captain Mullin and discovers that a supposedly limited mission is part of a larger political game. Betsy must turn acting into espionage, adopting roles and judging people whose loyalties are uncertain while an unseen enemy closes in. The sequel expands the series from Restoration murder mystery into international intrigue on the eve of renewed Anglo-Dutch conflict.
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