Treachery: A Giordano Bruno Thriller (Giordano Bruno Mysteries) - Hardcover

Parris, S. J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1643132245 ISBN 13: 9781643132242

Publisher: Pegasus Crime, 2019

Synopsis

The new historical thriller featuring Giordano Bruno, heretic, philosopher, and spy, perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and The Name of the Rose.

August, 1585. A relentless enemy. A treacherous conspiracy. Elizabethan England is on the brink of war. 

Sir Francis Drake is preparing to launch a daring expedition against the Spanish when a murder aboard his ship changes everything.

Giordano Bruno agrees to hunt the killer down, only to find that more than one deadly plot is brewing in Plymouth’s murky underworld. And as he tracks a murderer through its dangerous streets, he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens the future of England itself.

About this title

About the Author:

S. J. Parris is the pseudonym of Stephanie Merritt. Since graduating from Cambridge, she has worked as a critic for a variety of newspapers and magazines as well as for radio and television. She currently writes for the Guardian in London and is the author of five novels in the Giordano Bruno mystery series. Visit S.J. Parris at www.sjparris.com.

Review:

“Hugely enjoyable. It’s played straight, but never humourlessly so, and there’s just enough 'proper' history amid the intrigue to keep purists on side.”
- The Guardian

“An evil bookseller and a terrifying brothel lie ahead; what’s not to like? Gripping and fun.”
- The Observer (London)

“With its twisting plot and vivid scene-setting, Treachery confirms Parris’s growing reputation as a writer of historical thrillers.”
- The Sunday Times (London)

“Parris’s Giordano Bruno series has been a joy. Her Elizabethan England is loud, pungent, and blessedly free of some of the genre’s more egregious clichés. She wears her research lightly: at home with the detail of the period, she is quite happy to engage in a little creative anachronism to bring the story home.”
- The Daily Telegraph (UK)

“There are echoes of C. J. Sansom’s here. Her prose is taut and compelling. Her wielding of the historical material is always convincing but never overwhelming.”
- The Times (London)

About this edition

• Publisher: Pegasus Crime
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1643132245
• ISBN 13: 9781643132242
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 592