Fast-paced, complex historical thriller for fans of CJ Sansom and Andrew Taylor
Fast-paced, complex historical thriller for fans of CJ Sansom and Andrew Taylor
'One of the best historical crime series out there' Crime Review
'Could challenge CJ Sansom for dominion' Sunday TimesSummer, 1658, and the Republic may finally be safe: the combined Stuart and Spanish forces have been heavily defeated by the English and French armies on the coast of Flanders, and the King's cause appears finished. Yet one final, desperate throw of the dice is planned. And who can stop them if not Captain Damian Seeker?The fifth gripping outing for Seeker in this acclaimed and award-winning series of historical thrillers. Will his legacy endure?“MacLean's light touch portrait of a hard man with a softer core is what makes these books so memorable”
You won't find many period crime novels that match The Seeker series for insight and evocation of time and place NB magazine
Complex and gripping ... this high-quality, deliciously moody series continues to deliver. I long for more For Winter Nights
Excellent at conveying the insecurities and unsettling memories that bedevil Cromwell's dying Protectorate Daily Mail
MacLean's light touch portrait of a hard man with a softer core is what makes these books so memorable The Times
S.G. MacLean has a PhD in history from Aberdeen University. She is the author of two historical crime series - The Alexander Seaton series, set in seventeenth-century Scotland, and the Damian Seeker series, set in Oliver Cromwell's London, as well as the standalone Jacobite thriller, The Bookseller of Inverness. She has been shortlisted four times for the CWA Historical Dagger, winning it twice. S.G. MacLean lives in Conon Bridge, Scotland.
'One of the best historical crime series out there' Crime Review 'Could challenge CJ Sansom for dominion' Sunday Times Summer, 1658, and the Republic may finally be safe: the combined Stuart and Spanish forces have been heavily defeated by the English and French armies on the coast of Flanders, and the King's cause appears finished. Yet one final, desperate throw of the dice is planned. And who can stop them if not Captain Damian Seeker? The final gripping book in this acclaimed and award-winning series of historical thrillers. Will Seeker's legacy endure?
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