The Quick and the Dead'Wonderfully evocative, this book transports the reader to the dark underworld of late Elizabethan London. I was gripped from the first page.' Tracy Borman 'Vividly told, with powerfully drawn characters, this tale of obsession and betrayal set in the dark world of Tudor alchemy will cast its spell over historical fiction fans.' Heat It is 1597 and Kit Skevy and Mariner Elgin have just robbed the wrong grave. They are young criminals in the pocket of

But when the ordinary cold of an English December gives way to violent blizzards - a true winter

for whom the mysterious world of espionage is his whole existence

The Inheritance unwraps surprises through to its final line

and along the way discover the truth about her parents

to her rescuer

these gripping true stories cover some of the most iconic operations of the Regiment

an infamous former witch-hunter who is under pressure to resume his old profession

As loyalties shift like sand and political ambitions run rife

a master of modern science fiction

Pressured by the lead detective to help with the investigation

With her parents arrested and her sister missing

bravery and betrayal