Jack Blackjack stands accused of killing a priest in the wickedly entertaining new Bloody Mary Tudor mystery.

April, 1555. A priest has been stabbed to death in the village of St Botolph, to the east of the City of London, his body left to rot by the roadside - and Jack Blackjack stands accused of his murder.

As well as clearing his name, Jack has his own reasons for wanting to find out who really killed the priest - but this is an investigation where nothing is as it seems. Was it a random attack by a desperate outlaw, or do the answers lie in the murdered priest's past? As he questions those who knew the dead man, Jack is faced with a number of conflicting accounts - and it's clear that not everyone can be telling him the whole truth.

But Jack is about to be sidetracked from the investigation . with disastrous consequences.

Enjoyable . Fans of Elizabethan historicals will have fun * Publishers Weekly *
The improbably and delightfully humorous protagonist moves the story to a surprising conclusion * Kirkus Reviews *
Entertaining . Jecks brings the seamy side of Tudor London to life through rich, atmospheric descriptions of its taverns, brothels and streets * Publishers Weekly on A Missed Murder *
An unlikely and amusing sleuth who manages to solve a tricky mystery against all odds * Kirkus Reviews on A Murder Too Soon *
Engrossing . Plot twists abound, but the novel's greatest strength is its jaunty tone, plunging the reader into raucous Elizabethan England * Publishers Weekly on A Murder Too Soon *
Jecks keeps the suspense at a steady boil as his well-rounded characters fight for a corner in tumultuous London with humor and even humanity * Publishers Weekly on Rebellion's Message *