Traitor in the Ice, K. J. Maitland
Traitor in the Ice, K. J. Maitland
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Traitor in the Ice
Treachery has gripped the nation. But the King has spies everywhere.

Author: K. J. Maitland

Narrator: Nathan Turner

Unabridged: 16 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Review

Published: 03/31/2022


Synopsis

'Full of tension and danger... powerfully atmospheric' JENNIFER SAINT

'A beautifully crafted thriller... Breathtaking and bone-chilling' MANDA SCOTT

'Maitland is a superlative historical novelist' REBECCA MASCULL

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Whispers haunt the walls and treachery darkens the shadows in this captivating historical novel for readers of C.J. Sansom, Andrew Taylor's Ashes of London and Kate Mosse.

Winter, 1607. A man is struck down in the grounds of Battle Abbey, Sussex. Before dawn breaks, he is dead.

Home to the Montagues, Battle has caught the paranoid eye of King James. The Catholic household is rumoured to shelter those loyal to the Pope, disguising them as servants within the abbey walls. And the last man sent to expose them was silenced before his report could reach London.

Daniel Pursglove is summoned to infiltrate Battle and find proof of treachery. He soon discovers that nearly everyone at the abbey has something to hide - for deeds far more dangerous than religious dissent. But one lone figure he senses only in the shadows, carefully concealed from the world. Could the notorious traitor Spero Pettingar finally be close at hand?

As more bodies are unearthed, Daniel determines to catch the culprit. But how do you unmask a killer when nobody is who they seem?

DANIEL PURSGLOVE BOOK TWO

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Praise for THE DROWNED CITY

'Dark and enthralling' ANDREW TAYLOR

'This gripping thriller shows what a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMES

'Colourful and compelling' SUNDAY TIMES

'Goes right to the heart of the Jacobean court' TRACY BORMAN

'Devilishly good' DAILY MAIL

'Spies, thieves, murderers and King James I? Brilliant' CONN IGGULDEN

'There are few authors who can bring the past to life so compellingly... Brilliant writing and more importantly, riveting reading' SIMON SCARROW

'The intrigues of Jacobean court politics simmer beneath the surface in this gripping and masterful crime novel' KATHERINE CLEMENTS

'Beautifully written with a dark heart, Maitland knows how to pull you deep into the early Jacobean period' RHIANNON WARD
(P) 2022 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About K. J. Maitland

Karen Maitland is an historical novelist, lecturer and teacher of Creative Writing, with over twenty books to her name. She grew up in Malta, which inspired her passion for history, and travelled and worked all over the world before settling in the United Kingdom. She has a doctorate in psycholinguistics, and now lives on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on February 07, 2022

Daniel Pursgrove number 2. 3.5 rounded up. 'Hark, hark! The dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town: Some in rags, some in jags, And some in velvet gowns' - a rhyme that may well be heard on early 17th Century streets as resentment of James I's favourites grew,the current being Robert Carr. It's the......more

Goodreads review by Clemens on October 23, 2023

This exciting English historical crime novel is the 2nd volume of the, so far, in my view very promising "Daniel Pursglove" series. Before I actually will come to my review, I would like to mention that at the beginning of the book you'll find a piece of the 'Thanksgiving Act' or 'The Observance of 5......more

Goodreads review by Lady Clementina on March 23, 2022

My thanks to Rachel Quin at Headline for a widget of this book via NetGalley. While a second in series, Traitor in the Ice was my introduction to the Daniel Pursglove series of historical mysteries by K.J. Maitland, a book I found to be an intense and engrossing read with excellent historical detail......more

Goodreads review by Karen on March 30, 2022

A Traitor in the Ice is the second novel in a series set in Jacobean England. Daniel Pursglove is ordered to Battle Abbey in Sussex in order to expose the treachery in Viscountess Montague’s home and to investigate an unexplained murder. This is a dark story with tales of treachery, murder and betra......more

Goodreads review by Melisende on January 12, 2022

Great second in what is promising to be a fab historical fiction series set in Stuart England.......more