The Saracen's Mark

''DRAMATIC AND COLOURFUL'' SUNDAY TIMES ''MY FAVOURITE HISTORICAL CRIME SERIES'' S. G. MacLEAN ------------------------------------------------------ England, 1593: Five years on from the Armada and Elizabeth''s kingdom seems secure. But there is always a plot afoot... Robert Cecil, the Queen''s spymaster, needs Nicholas Shelby - reluctant spy and maverick physician - to embark on an undercover mission once again. One that he can''t refuse, if he wants to keep Bianca Merton safe. Crossing the seas to Marrakesh in search of a missing informer, Nicholas hunts the dingy back alleys and dazzling palaces for the truth. But his search reveals a deadly conspiracy, one far more difficult to survive than he''d ever imagined. And back in London the plague has returned, ravaging the streets and threatening everything he holds most dear... Praise for S. W. Perry''s Jackdaw Mysteries ''S. W. Perry is one of the best'' The Times ''No-one is better than S. W. Perry at leading us through the squalid streets of London in the sixteenth century'' Andrew Swanston ''Historical fiction at its most sumptuous'' Rory Clements