August, People around Jack keep inconveniently getting murdered, and he seems to be the most likely culprit! With both the authorities and the unsavoury echelons of London on his tail, nowhere is safe for Jack to hide. The question is β can he rely on friends in high β and very low β places to get him out of this ever-increasing mess?
Michael Jecks has long been one of my favourite authors, ever since his very first book, The Last Templar. I Iove the way he writes.
With his Tudor mystery series , he has really showcased his ability to write a jolly good murder mystery β with an impressive dose of humour. I hate to use the word unputdownable β is it even a word? I read it in two days. I took it every where with me, so I could read even if I only had a few minutes, sat in the car or giggling to myself whilst sat in a cafe β the other patrons must have thought me very odd.
But I could not wait to get to the end. I think I will have to give it a re-read, slower this time. So that I can savour the story. Set in , in the final months of the life and reign of Mary I, Death Comes in Threes really captures the atmosphere of a London unsure of its future.
The queen is either pregnant or ill, possibly about to deliver a Catholic heir, or on the verge of dying and leaving the throne to her Protestant sister, Lady Elizabeth. You can tell I was out of sorts from the way that I lost my temper, and you see, I did have good reason. My master, John Blount, had been less and less keen to speak with me for the last months, ever since his mission sending a female agent to the continent had failed.
