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The Winter List
S. G. MacLean
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S. G. MacLean returns to the world of Damian Seeker, but Cromwell
is dead and Charles Stuart restored to the throne. Men who
supported the Protector must be hunted down as traitors. Perfect
for fans of Robert Harris and Andrew Taylor. 'S. G. MacLean can
make any historical period sing with life' Antonia Hodgson By the
summer of 1660 the last remnants of the Republic have been swept
away and the Stuarts have been restored under their king, Charles
II. A list of regicides believed to be involved in the death of
Charles I is drawn up. Gruesome executions begin to take place and
the hunt intensifies for those who have gone into hiding at home or
abroad. Although not a regicide, staunch Republican Damian Seeker
is on a list of traitors to the king. Royalist spy, Lady Anne
Winter, is employed to find evidence of guilt or innocence among
the names on this Winter List. Seeker has fled England but his
beloved daughter Manon remains, married to Seeker's friend, the
lawyer Lawrence Ingolby, and living in York. As the conduit to her
father and to others on the Winter List and surrounded by spies and
watchers, Manon lives in constant danger and fear of discovery. One
of those spies is closer than even she could have imagined.
S. G. MacLean returns to the world of Damian Seeker, but Cromwell
is dead and Charles Stuart restored to the throne. Men who
supported the Protector must be hunted down as traitors. Perfect
for fans of Robert Harris and Andrew Taylor. 'S. G. MacLean can
make any historical period sing with life' Antonia Hodgson By the
summer of 1660 the last remnants of the Republic have been swept
away and the Stuarts have been restored under their king, Charles
II. A list of regicides believed to be involved in the death of
Charles I is drawn up. Gruesome executions begin to take place and
the hunt intensifies for those who have gone into hiding at home or
abroad. Although not a regicide, staunch Republican Damian Seeker
is on a list of traitors to the king. Royalist spy, Lady Anne
Winter, is employed to find evidence of guilt or innocence among
the names on this Winter List. Seeker has fled England but his
beloved daughter Manon remains, married to Seeker's friend, the
lawyer Lawrence Ingolby, and living in York. As the conduit to her
father and to others on the Winter List and surrounded by spies and
watchers, Manon lives in constant danger and fear of discovery. One
of those spies is closer than even she could have imagined.
A gripping historical thriller set in Inverness after the famous
battle of Culloden. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom, Robert
Harris, Andrew Taylor, and Outlander. 'This slice of historical
fiction takes you on a wild ride' THE TIMES After Culloden, Iain
MacGillivray Is left for dead on the battlefield. Severely wounded,
his face brutally slashed, he survived by pretending to be dead as
the Redcoats patrolled the corpses of his Jacobite comrades. Six
years later, with the clan chiefs routed and the Highlands under
British rule, Iain keeps a bookshop in Inverness. One day a
stranger enters. He is searching for something but refuses to say
what. Eventually he leaves when Iain locks up for the night. Next
morning Iain finds the stranger dead, his throat cut, and the
murder weapon beside him - a sword with a white cockade on its
hilt, the emblem of the Jacobites. With no sign of the killer, Iain
wonders whether the stranger discovered what he was looking for -
and paid for it with his life. He soon finds himself embroiled in a
web of deceit and a series of old scores to be settled in the ashes
of war. PRAISE FOR THE BOOKSELLER OF INVERNESS 'Fresh and
intriguing . . . Her best yet' ANDREW TAYLOR 'Everything you could
ask for from a historical thriller' ANTONIA HODGSON 'An intricately
wrought, compulsively page-turning tale' CRAIG RUSSELL 'A first
rate historical thriller' 5* READER REVIEW 'From the moment I began
reading I was hooked' 5* READER REVIEW 'Hugely entertaining . . .
fast paced, twisting and turning' 5* READER REVIEW
Rebellion in the city, and a Royalist spy in his own ranks - Damian
Seeker, Captain of Oliver Cromwell's guard, must eradicate both in
this twisty, action-packed historical thriller for fans of CJ
Sansom, Rory Clements and The Three Musketeers. 'MacLean skilfully
weaves together the disparate threads of her plot to create a
gripping tale of crime and sedition in an unsettled city' Sunday
Times London, 1655, and Cromwell's regime is under threat from all
sides. Damian Seeker, Captain of Cromwell's Guard, is all too aware
of the danger facing Cromwell. Parliament resents his control of
the Army while the Army resents his absolute power. In the east end
of London, a group of religious fanatics plots rebellion. In the
midst of all this, a stonemason uncovers a perfectly preserved body
dressed in the robes of a Dominican friar, bricked up in a wall in
the crumbling Black Friars. Ill-informed rumours and speculation
abound, but Seeker instantly recognises the dead man. What he must
discover is why he met such a hideous end, and what his connection
was to the children who have started to disappear from around the
city. Unravelling these mysteries is challenging enough, and made
still harder by the activities of dissenters at home, Royalist
plotters abroad and individuals who are not what they seem...
'Could challenge CJ Sansom for dominion' Sunday Times London, 1656:
Captain Seeker is back in the city, on the trail of an assassin
preparing to strike at the heart of Oliver Cromwell's Republic The
Commonwealth is balanced on a knife edge. Royalists and
disillusioned former Parliamentarians have united against Oliver
Cromwell, now a king in all but name. Three conspirators,
representing these factions, plan to assassinate the Lord
Protector, paving the way back to the throne for Charles Stuart
once and for all. Captain Damian Seeker, meanwhile, is preoccupied
by the horrifying discovery in an illegal gambling den of the body
of a man ravaged by what is unmistakably a bear. Yet the bears used
for baiting were all shot when the sport was banned by Cromwell. So
where did this fearsome creature come from, and why would someone
use it for murder? With Royalist-turned-Commonwealth-spy Thomas
Faithly tracking the bear, Seeker investigates its victim. The
trail leads from Kent's coffee house on Cornhill, to a German
clockmaker in Clerkenwell, to the stews of Southwark, to the
desolate Lambeth Marshes where no one should venture at night. When
the two threads of the investigation begin to join, Seeker realises
just what - and who - he is up against. The Royalists in exile have
sent to London their finest mind and greatest fighter, a man who
will stop at nothing to ensure the Restoration. Has Seeker finally
met his match?
'One of the best historical crime series out there' Crime Review
'Could challenge CJ Sansom for dominion' Sunday Times Summer, 1658,
and the Republic may finally be safe: the combined Stuart and
Spanish forces have been heavily defeated by the English and French
armies on the coast of Flanders, and the King's cause appears
finished. Yet one final, desperate throw of the dice is planned.
And who can stop them if not Captain Damian Seeker? The final
gripping book in this acclaimed and award-winning series of
historical thrillers. Will Seeker's legacy endure?
Second historical thriller in the Alexander Seaton series sweeps
the hero back to his roots in Ulster, and a family living under a
curse and riven with long-held secrets Aberdeen, 1628. Alexander
Seaton's happily settled life as a university teacher is shattered
by the arrival in town of a stranger who looks like his twin and
who carries a plea for help from Alexander's dead mother's family
in Ireland. The family has been placed under a poet's curse,
threatening death to various members. Elements of the curse have
already begun to play out. Reluctantly answering the call, Seaton
travels to Ulster, to find himself among a family torn apart by
secrets and deep resentments. As he seeks out the author of the
curse, he becomes deeply entangled in a conflict that involves
fugitive priests, displaced poets, rebellious plotters and agents
of the king. Confronted by murder within his family, he finds the
lines between superstition and faith, duty and loyalty are becoming
increasingly blurred, while his Scottish homeland grows ever more
remote.
A sleuth to rival Shardlake or Cadfael - a mystery that will chill
your blood. A must-read for fans of Rory Clements and SJ Parris. 'A
satisfying, skillfully constructed mystery with richly developed
characters ... A truly memorable and exciting read' Historical
Novel Society Banff, Scotland, the 1620s. A young man walks
unsteadily through the streets. Is he just drunk or is there
something more sinister happening? When he collapses in front of
two sisters on that dark, wet night, the women guess that he's been
poisoned. His body is discovered in the house of Alexander Seaton -
a fallen minister, the discovery of whose clandestine love affair
has left him disgraced. Why was the body in Seaton's house? And why
would anyone want to murder this likeable young man? Seaton sets
out to find answers, embarking on a journey not only through the
darkest part of other men's souls, but also his own.
WINNER OF THE 2015 CWA ENDEAVOUR HISTORICAL DAGGER London, 1654.
Oliver Cromwell is at the height of his power and has declared
himself Lord Protector. Yet he has many enemies, at home and
abroad. London is a complex web of spies and merchants, priests and
soldiers, exiles and assassins. One of the web's most fearsome
spiders is Damian Seeker, agent of the Lord Protector. No one knows
where Seeker comes from, who his family is, or even his real name.
All that is known of him for certain is that he is utterly loyal to
Cromwell, and that nothing can be long hidden from him. In the
city, coffee houses are springing up, fashionable places where men
may meet to plot and gossip. Suddenly they are ringing with news of
a murder. John Winter, hero of Cromwell's all-powerful army, is
dead, and the lawyer, Elias Ellingworth, found standing over the
bleeding body, clutching a knife. Yet despite the damning evidence,
Seeker is not convinced of Ellingworth's guilt. He will stop at
nothing to bring the killer to justice: and Seeker knows better
than any man where to search.
WINNER OF THE 2019 CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER 'A gripping tale of crime
and sedition' Sunday Times on The Black Friar 'The best historical
crime novel of the year' Sunday Express on The Seeker Captain
Damian Seeker has gone north. Charged with preparing the way for
the rule of the major-generals, he is now under the command of
Colonel Robert Lilburne at York. But when Lilburne orders him to a
small village on the North York moors with details of the stringent
new anti-Royalist laws, Seeker finds that what should be a routine
visit will reveal a plot to rival anything in scheming London An
invitation to dinner at the house of local businessman Matthew
Pullan lifts the lid on the bubbling cauldron of grudges and
resentment that is Faithly village. The local constable, drunk on
the tiny bit of power he holds, using it to avenge old resentments.
The hated lord of the manor, the last of a staunchly Royalist
family who has managed to avoid suspicion of treachery - for now.
The vicar on trial for his job and his home, accused of ungodly
acts. And the Pullans themselves, proudly Puritan but disillusioned
with Cromwell's government, respected and despised in Faithly in
equal measure. The man for whom this unlikely gathering was
organised - The Trier, the enforcer of Puritan morality for the
local villages - hasn't shown up. And by the end of the night, on
of those gathered around Matthew Pullan's table will be fatally
poisoned. Seeker must find out the motive behind the death -
mushroom misidentification, petty revenge, or part of a larger plot
against Cromwell's government in the north? But who in Faithly, if
anyone, can he trust? And when the most painful part of his past
reappears after eleven years, will the Seeker meet his match?
A gripping historical thriller from the CWA award-winning author of
The Seeker - a must-read for fans of CJ Sansom and Rory Clements
'One of the best writers of historical crime' The Times Aberdeen,
1631. University librarian Robert Sim takes receipt of a gift of
books recently arrived from overseas, mysterious works on alchemy
and hermetics - the pursuit of ancient knowledge. By nightfall he
has been brutally murdered. His colleague and good friend Alexander
Seaton is left with the task of hunting for clues as to his
killer's motive, as well as locating the missing books. What did
Sim discover in the package, and what makes these books so
dangerous?
A GRIPPING HISTORICAL THRILLER SET IN INVERNESS IN THE WAKE OF THE
1746 BATTLE OF CULLODEN. 'This slice of historical fiction takes
you on a wild ride' THE TIMES After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was
left for dead on Drummossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally
slashed, he survived only by pretending to be dead as the Redcoats
patrolled the corpses of his Jacobite comrades. Six years later,
with the clan chiefs routed and the Highlands subsumed into the
British state, Iain lives a quiet life, working as a bookseller in
Inverness. One day, after helping several of his regular customers,
he notices a stranger lurking in the upper gallery of his shop,
poring over his collection. But the man refuses to say what he's
searching for and only leaves when Iain closes for the night. The
next morning Iain opens up shop and finds the stranger dead, his
throat cut, and the murder weapon laid out in front of him - a
sword with a white cockade on its hilt, the emblem of the
Jacobites. With no sign of the killer, Iain wonders whether the
stranger discovered what he was looking for - and whether he paid
for it with his life. He soon finds himself embroiled in a web of
deceit and a series of old scores to be settled in the ashes of
war. ****************** PRAISE FOR THE BOOKSELLER OF INVERNESS
'Fresh and intriguing . . . Her best yet' ANDREW TAYLOR 'Everything
you could ask for from a historical thriller' ANTONIA HODGSON 'An
intricately wrought, compulsively page-turning tale' CRAIG RUSSELL
'A first rate historical thriller' 5* READER REVIEW 'From the
moment I began reading I was hooked' 5* READER REVIEW 'Hugely
entertaining . . . fast paced, twisting and turning' 5* READER
REVIEW
1635, Aberdeen. A girl lies dead in a frozen garden. A young man
goes missing after a drunken brawl. A sinister cloaked figure
watches from the shadows. The missing student, son of a Highland
chief, is in Alexander Seaton's class. When the young man's
companion turns up bruised and bloodied, suspicion mounts that he
has murdered his friend. But Alexander is convinced that there's
another explanation. Drawn ever deeper into the mystery, Alexander
realises that the man in the shadows is known to him and that the
strange events in the town are linked to his own past.
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