Death Comes Hot

"An enjoyable jaunt through mid-16th century England . . . The novel's energetic pace never flags"
Publishers Weekly on The Dead Don't Wait

"The improbably and delightfully humorous protagonist moves the story to a surprising conclusion"
Kirkus Reviews on The Dead Don't Wait

"Entertaining . . . Jecks brings the seamy side of Tudor London to life through rich, atmospheric descriptions of its taverns, brothels and streets"
Publishers Weekly on A Missed Murder

"Plot twists abound, but the novel's greatest strength is its jaunty tone, plunging the reader into raucous Elizabethan England"
Publishers Weekly on A Murder Too Soon

About the author

Michael Jecks is the author of more than thirty novels in the Knights Templar medieval mystery series, and four previous Bloody Mary Tudor mysteries. A former Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association, he lives with his wife, children and dogs in northern Dartmoor.

Summary

London. May, 1556. Hal Westmecott reckons Jack Blackjack owes him a favour, and orders Jack to track down his long-lost son - and although it seems an impossible task, Jack's in no position to refuse. But as his search progresses, Jack comes to realize he is an unwitting pawn in a mesh of schemes dreamed up by the most powerful people in England.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Jecks, Jecks Michael
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.09.2020
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense
• EAN: 9781780291314
• ISBN: 978-1-78029-131-4
• Pages: 224
• Series: A Bloody Mary Mystery; A Bloody Mary Tudor Mystery
• Subjects: London, Greater London, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Historical mysteries, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Historical crime and mysteries, c 1500 to c 1600, 1485–1603 (Tudor period)