The Serpent'S Mark Av S. W. Perry

<p><b>Longlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award </b><br><b>''Ingeniously plotted ... my favourite historical crime series.'' S. G. MacLean</b><br><b>''A rattling good read'' William Ryan</b><br>----------------------------------<br><i><b>Treason sleeps for no man...</b></i><br><b>London, 1591</b>. Nicholas Shelby, physician and reluctant spy, returns to his old haunts on London''s lawless Bankside. But, when spymaster Robert Cecil asks him to investigate the dubious practices of a mysterious doctor from Switzerland, Nicholas is soon embroiled in a conspiracy that threatens not just the life of an innocent young patient, but the overthrow of Queen Elizabeth herself.<br>With fellow healer and mistress of the Jackdaw tavern, Bianca Merton, again at his side, Nicholas is drawn into a sinister world of zealots, charlatans and dangerous fanatics...<br><b>Praise for S. W. Perry''s Jackdaw Mysteries<br>''S. W. Perry is one of the best'' <i>The Times</i><br>''No-one is better than S. W. Perry at leading us through the squalid streets of London in the sixteenth century'' Andrew Swanston<br>''Historical fiction at its most sumptuous'' Rory Clements</b></p>