Traitors Legacy

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THE START OF AN INCREDIBLE NEW SERIES FROM NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING S. J. PARRIS
England, 1598. Queen Elizabeths successor remains unnamed. The country teeters on a knife edge.

When a young heiress is found murdered at the theatre, the Queens spymaster Robert Cecil calls upon former agent Sophia de Wolfe to investigate.

A cryptic note found on the dead girls body connects to Sophias previous life as a spy, and her quest soon takes her into dangerous waters. Powerful enemies emerge, among them the Earl of Essex: the Queens favourite courtier and a man of ruthless ambition.

This is a murder that reaches directly into the heart of the court. And Sophia is concealing a deep-buried secret of her own. She must uncover the truth before her past threatens to destroy her.

Reviews

Early praise for Traitor's Legacy

A new historical crime novel from S.J. Parris is always cause for celebration but she really has excelled herself with Traitors Legacy. This convincing thriller has considerable emotional heft and Sophia de Wolfe makes for a wonderful protagonist' Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Ashes of London

'Thrilling, taut and utterly involving, Traitors Legacy dives into the dangerous streets of London in the icy winter of 1598 complete with walk-on parts for W. Shakespeare and Elizabeths favourite, Essex to unravel a heart-stopping mystery. S.J. Parris brings time, place and protagonist, the deliciously brilliant Sophia de Wolfe, to dark and glorious life' Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves and The Eagle and the Hart

'A powerhouse thriller that shines with late Tudor menace, dazzlingly written and with a heroine I wish Shakespeare had had the balls to write' Dr Will Tosh

Praise for S. J. Parris

Superbly plotted, shimmeringly written, it will have you on the edge of your seat Kate Williams, author of The Storms of War

S. J. Parris is one of my favourite authors and unquestionably our greatest living writer of historical thrillers A.J. Finn, author of End of Story

A brilliantly realised fictionalisation of the Babington plot against Elizabeth 1Nimbly braiding history with suspense, this is a classy mystery Observer

Immaculate the depth of period detail, the all-enveloping sense of time and place, and the sheer gory drama Metro

Sumptuous New York Times

Parriss attention to the details of Elizabethan life and her ability to create characters of depth are again on display in a gripping narrative The Sunday Times

Fast-paced and entertaining, its a well-researched and authentically claustrophobic romp through the Elizabethan underworld Mail on Sunday

A delicious blend of history and thriller The Times

Author Bio

No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller S. J. Parris is the pseudonym of the author and journalist Stephanie Merritt. It was as a student at Cambridge researching a paper on the period that Stephanie first became fascinated by the rich history of Tudor England and Renaissance Europe. Since then, her interest has grown and led her to create this series of historical thrillers featuring Giordano Bruno, which has now sold over one million copies.

Stephanie has worked as a critic and feature writer for a variety of newspapers and magazines, as well as radio and television. She has also written the contemporary psychological thrillers While You Sleep and Storm under her own name. She currently writes for the Observer, and she lives in Surrey.