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