A Plague of Serpents

Author: Maitland, K. J.

Historical mysteries

Published on 7 November 2024 by Headline Publishing Group (Headline Review) in the United Kingdom as part of the Daniel Pursglove series.

Paperback | 432 pages
129 x 199 x 32 | 302g

K.J. Maitlands gripping Jacobean historical thriller series comes to a dramatic conclusion...

What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is THE TIMESLondon, 1608. Three years after the Gunpowder Treason, the Kings enemies prepare to strike again.

Daniel Pursglove is tasked by royal command with one final mission: he must infiltrate the Serpents - a secret group of Catholics plotting to kill the King - or risk his own execution. But other conspirators are circling, men who would blackmail Daniel for their own dark ends.

In the Serpents den, nothing is quite as it seems. And when Daniel spies a familiar face among their number, the game takes a dangerous turn.

As plague returns to London, tensions reach breaking point. Can Daniel escape the web of treason in which he finds himself ensnared - or has his luck finally run out?PRAISE FOR THE DANIEL PURSGLOVE SERIESDark and enthralling ANDREW TAYLORColourful and compelling SUNDAY TIMESFull of tension and danger... powerfully atmospheric JENNIFER SAINTGoes right to the heart of the Jacobean court TRACY BORMANSpies, thieves, murderers and King James I? Brilliant CONN IGGULDENThere are few authors who can bring the past to life so compellingly... Brilliant writing and more importantly, riveting reading SIMON SCARROWA beautifully crafted thriller... Breathtaking and bone-chilling MANDA SCOTTMaitland is a superlative historical novelist REBECCA MASCULLDevilishly good DAILY MAILThe intrigues of Jacobean court politics simmer beneath the surface in this gripping and masterful crime novel KATHERINE CLEMENTSBeautifully written with a dark heart, Maitland knows how to pull you deep into the early Jacobean period RHIANNON WARD