{"product_id":"murdering-the-messenger-9780727823069","title":"Murdering the Messenger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Superb . . . a fast-moving and gripping plot\" \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Starred Review of \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant Murderers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarch 1557.\u003c\/i\u003e Jack Blackjack is back in London and enjoying a sedentary life - after his treacherous voyage back to his beloved city the previous year, he desires nothing more than the simple pleasures - women, wine, beer and more women.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut his new parish of St Helen's has different ideas for him . . . a week after first laying eyes on the tempting Miss Rachel Nailor, she turns up horribly dead on the church vestry floor . . . and someone is trying to frame him for her murder! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fellow Lady Elizabeth sympathiser, it appears Rachel Nailor was a woman with many secrets. But was she murdered in a fit of lustful rage, or was it part of a wider political play? Who would want Rachel dead - and Jack hanged for it? The suspects are plenty and Jack is running out of time.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With his master breathing down his neck, and old foes crawling out of the woodwork to add to Jack's wine-fuelled headache, Jack has never been in more danger!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Jecks \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of forty-seven novels, including the acclaimed Last Templar medieval mystery series, modern spy thriller \u003ci\u003eAct of Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e, and seven previous Bloody Mary Tudor mysteries. A former Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association, and founder of Medieval Murderers, he lives in northern Dartmoor.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Severn House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50674091262226,"sku":"9780727823069","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c656d7d2-599e-49d9-9696-424f983ae2b8.jpg?v=1767778266","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/murdering-the-messenger-9780727823069","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}