The second in this (hopefully long running) series, although you aren't missing too much if you haven't read the first book as the main plot points are referenced again here as a refresher. But definitely check out the first book if you enjoyed this one and hadn't read the first one already.
The continuing adventures of Cecil's Surgeon Spy, our main protagonist Nicholas Shelby starts off helping out an old friend from the war but finds himself embroiled in a treasonous conspiracy. The apothecary innkeep Bianca Merton also finds herself drawn in yet again, when her cousin from Italy sails in and is involved in a bit of a tavern brawl caused by none other than the playright Marlowe. She finds her cousin was up to something a bit more than trading in rice as she picks apart his story while he is comatose from the fight.
The villanous Swiss surgeon, who is supposedly looking after the young boy Shelby has been asked to look into, is up to no good. Will our hero get to the bottom of it before the dastardly Acampora can finish whatever his foul plot is? I wouldn't want to spoil the journey - it trundles along in the beginning while all the pieces are put into play, but they all come masterfully together by the end in a rip roaring pace that upset me a little that it was all over.
I for one can't wait for the next exciting adventure of Dr Shelby.
The continuing adventures of Cecil's Surgeon Spy, our main protagonist Nicholas Shelby starts off helping out an old friend from the war but finds himself embroiled in a treasonous conspiracy. The apothecary innkeep Bianca Merton also finds herself drawn in yet again, when her cousin from Italy sails in and is involved in a bit of a tavern brawl caused by none other than the playright Marlowe. She finds her cousin was up to something a bit more than trading in rice as she picks apart his story while he is comatose from the fight.
The villanous Swiss surgeon, who is supposedly looking after the young boy Shelby has been asked to look into, is up to no good. Will our hero get to the bottom of it before the dastardly Acampora can finish whatever his foul plot is? I wouldn't want to spoil the journey - it trundles along in the beginning while all the pieces are put into play, but they all come masterfully together by the end in a rip roaring pace that upset me a little that it was all over.
I for one can't wait for the next exciting adventure of Dr Shelby.