Dark Queen Waiting

Paul Doherty

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Severn House
24 November 2020

Fiction & Literature; Historical mysteries

Series: A Margaret Beaufort Tudor Mystery

October, 1471. Edward IV sits on the English throne; the House of York reigns supreme. With her young son, Henry Tudor, in exile in France, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, shelters deep in the shadows, secretly plotting for the day when Henry can be crowned the rightful king.

But as her supporters are picked off one by one, it becomes clear that a traitor lurks within Margaret's household. When one of her most loyal henchmen, Jacob Cromart, is murdered in St Michael's Church, where he had claimed sanctuary, Margaret orders her sharp-witted clerk, Christopher Urswicke, to find out who has betrayed her.

How could a man be killed inside a church where the doors are all locked, with no sign of an intruder or weapon?

If he is to protect Margaret's remaining supporters from suffering a similar fate, Urswicke must solve a baffling mystery where nothing is as it first appears.

By: Paul Doherty
Imprint: Severn House
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 415g
ISBN: 9781780296562
ISBN 10: 1780296568
Series: A Margaret Beaufort Tudor Mystery
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 24 November 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Doherty studied History at Liverpool and Oxford Universities, and is now a head teacher in Essex. He is the author of more than eighty historical mysteries including the Brother Athelstan, Hugh Corbett and Canterbury Tales medieval mystery series.

Reviews for Dark Queen Waiting

Historical mystery fans should settle in for another fine series from a genre pro * Booklist on Dark Queen Rising * Outstanding . Doherty keeps the action brisk, the crimes baffling, and the deductions and solutions fair * Publishers Weekly Starred Review of The Godless * Doherty displays exceptional narrative flair as he brings the often-squalid sights, sounds, and smells of medieval London to life in another artfully crafted and plotted historical mystery * Booklist on The Godless * Conjuring up medieval London in all its grime and glory, Doherty keeps readers guessing and the pages turning with yet another intricately plotted whodunit steeped in history * Booklist on The Mansions of Murder * A clever mystery neatly woven into a historically accurate rendering of life in a truly hellish London * Kirkus Reviews on The Mansions of Murder *