A fantastic, high class debut murder mystery set in Elizabethan London, for fans of CJ Sansom and Rory Clements. Amidst a tumultuous political backdrop, bodies are turning up with strange marks. Idealistic physician Nicholas Shelby and mysterious tavern keeper Bianca are convinced a killer is at work, but as more bodies are discovered, they find themselves caught in the middle of a sinister plot. Historical fiction at its most sumptuous.