Riley, a teen orphan boy living in Victorian London, has had the misfortune of being apprenticed to Albert Garrick, an illusionist who has fallen on difficult times and now uses his unique conjuring skills to gain access to victims' dwellings. On one such escapade, Garrick brings his reluctant appre
The Reluctant Assassin
β Scribed by Fiona Buckley
- Publisher
- Cr?me de la Crime
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 145 KB
- Edition
- First world edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1780109539
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
When Ursula's young son is kidnapped, she is lured into an impossible dilemma.
March, 1581. Queen Elizabeth is once again being urged to consider marriage to the Duke of AlenΓ§on, a French Catholic twenty years her junior. The prospect of the match is causing unrest throughout the kingdom.
Ursula Blanchard however has more immediate matters to worry about when her 9-year-old son is snatched away while out riding. If she is ever to see him again, Ursula must undertake an impossibly difficult and dangerous mission β and commit an act of high treason. Can she rely on her half-sister, Queen Elizabeth, for help?
β¦ Subjects
Mystery
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