The Dead Don't Wait - (Bloody Mary Tudor Mystery) by Michael Jecks (Paperback)

About the Book

A priest has been stabbed to death in the village of St Botolph, his body left to rot by the roadside--and Jack Blackjack stands accused of his murder. As well as clearing his name, Jack has his own reasons for wanting to find out who really killed the priest, but this is an investigation where nothing is as it seems.eems.

Book Synopsis

Jack Blackjack stands accused of killing a priest in the wickedly entertaining new Bloody Mary Tudor mystery.

April, 1555. A priest has been stabbed to death in the village of St Botolph, to the east of the City of London, his body left to rot by the roadside - and Jack Blackjack stands accused of his murder.

As well as clearing his name, Jack has his own reasons for wanting to find out who really killed the priest - but this is an investigation where nothing is as it seems. Was it a random attack by a desperate outlaw, or do the answers lie in the murdered priest's past? As he questions those who knew the dead man, Jack is faced with a number of conflicting accounts - and it's clear that not everyone can be telling him the whole truth.

But Jack is about to be sidetracked from the investigation ... with disastrous consequences.

Review Quotes

"Readers who enjoy the period details as much as the plot will be entertained"-- "Booklist"