John Pilkington
Marbeck and the Gunpowder Plot
I admit that I have not had the pleasure of meeting Marbeck before, thinking him just a bit too testosterone-driven.…
Marbeck and the Privateers: A Martin Marbeck Mystery
London, 1604. In the third of a series (after Marbeck and the King-in-Waiting, 2013), Lord Cecil gives his skillful intelligencer…
Marbeck and the King in Waiting
As Queen Elizabeth lies dying in England in 1603, the plots for a favored successor begin. The Queen’s Master Secretary,…
Marbeck and the Double-Dealer
Martin Marbeck is a spy for Queen Elizabeth in the year 1600. He travels under various pseudonyms with one mission…
The Judas Blade
Betsy Brand, an actress in the relaxed culture of Restoration England, is doing well financially, but her friends and family…
After the Fire
Set in London, 1670, four years after the Great Fire which destroyed so much of the city, this novel follows…
Thief!
(1) Elizabethan England. In his latest Elizabethan Mysteries adventure, 14-year-old actor, Ben Button, is visiting his family in the village…
Traitor
Elizabethan London. In this second Elizabethan Mysteries adventure, prentice actor Ben Button is thrilled when Lord Bonner’s Players are commanded…
Rogues’ Gold
1590s. Twelve-year-old Ben Button, an apprentice actor, is with the acting company Lord Bonner’s Men on their summer tour. Their…
The Muscovy Chain
Can the modern genre of the detective story be transposed to cultural settings where there is no police force, no…
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