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Poisoned Pen Press
February 2014
On Sale: February 4, 2014
Featuring: Robert Carey; Amy Dudley
250 pages
ISBN: 1464202206
EAN: 9781464202209
Kindle: B00I5XBBLG
Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery Historical
After his hair-raising adventures in London, Sir Robert
Carey has finally tracked down Queen Elizabeth, who is about
to make a state visit to Oxford. But instead of giving the
Courtier his much-needed warrant and fee for being Deputy
Warden of the West March with Scotland, Her Majesty orders
him to investigate the most dangerous cold case of her
reign—the mysterious 1560 death of Amy Dudley(née Robsart),
unloved wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Some thirty years back, the late Dudley was Elizabeth’s
favorite suitor and potential husband. Amy died at Cumnor
Place, close at hand. The Queen has since been one of the
most obvious suspects in arranging Amy’s murder. This makes
Carey deeply uneasy with his sleuthing role. He’s further
uneasy that his father, Elizabeth’s cousin from the wrong
side of the blanket, is clearly involved. Then someone
manages to poison Carey with belladonna, which temporarily
blinds him. Worse still, Sergeant Dodd, the man most often
guarding Carey’s back, has disappeared on the road from London. As the Queen’s scandalous past collides with her magnificent
State entrance into Oxford, can Carey rally in time to find
both Dodd and the true murderer of Amy Robsart?
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