A Murder Too Soon, Michael Jecks
A Murder Too Soon, Michael Jecks
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A Murder Too Soon

Author: Michael Jecks

Narrator: Peter Noble

Unabridged: 8 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 08/01/2018


Synopsis

June, 1554. Professional assassin Jack Blackjack has been despatched to the palace of Woodstock, where Queen Mary's half-sister, Princess Elizabeth, is being kept under close guard. Jack's employer has reason to believe that a spy has been installed within the princess's household, and Jack has been ordered to kill her. Jack has no choice but to agree. But he arrives at Woodstock to discover that a murder has already been committed. As he sets out to prove his innocence by uncovering the real killer, Jack finds the palace to be a place steeped in misery and deceit. But who among Woodstock's residents is hiding a deadly secret – and will Jack survive long enough to find out?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Judy

Thank you to NetGalley and Severn Publishing for allowing me to review a digital copy of this novel. This is the second book in the Jack Blackjack series and we now find Jack in a much better place - at least from a financial standpoint because he now has a permanent job, a house to live in and money......more

Goodreads review by Elise

Our recalcitrant near-do-well Jack Blackjack, is ordered by his patron to murder a Lady-in-Waiting to the Lady Elizabeth. A survivor of the rebellion against Queen Mary, Jack is only too happy to leave the confines, and dangers (in the guise of a very angry cuckolded husband) of London for the bucol......more