The Royal Secret: The latest new historical crime thriller from the No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author (James Marwood & Cat Lovett, Book 5) Luisterboek Tooltip Luisterboeken beluister je met de bol.com Kobo app.

From the No.1 bestselling author of The Last Protector and The Ashes of London comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood and Cat Lovett during the time of King Charles II.

Over 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold! A Times Best Paperback of 2022

Two young girls plot a murder by witchcraft. Soon afterwards a government clerk dies painfully in mysterious circumstances. His colleague James Marwood is asked to investigate – but the task brings unexpected dangers.

Meanwhile, architect Cat Hakesby is working for a merchant who lives on Slaughter Street, where the air smells of blood and a captive Barbary lion prowls the stables. Then a prestigious new commission arrives. Cat must design a Poultry House for the woman that the King loves most in all the world.

Unbeknownst to all, at the heart of this lies a royal secret so explosive that it could not only rip apart England but change the entire face of Europe…

The Sunday Times bestselling author, Andrew Taylor, returns with The Royal Secret, a historical fiction filled with Tudor thrillers. A top detective delves into a private mystery, navigating through crime and romance, with a secret that could transform the future of Europe.

For fans of S G Maclean (The Bookseller of Inverness), S. W. Perry (The Heretic's Mark), Rory Clements (Munich Wolf), Laura Shepherd-Robinson (The Square of Sevens), and Robert Harris (V2).