Execution - signed, lined & datedEngland, 1586. A TREASONOUS CONSPIRACY Giordano Bruno, a heretic turned spy, arrives in England with shocking information for spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. A band of Catholic Englishmen are plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth and spring Mary Queen of Scots from prison to take the English throne in her place. A DEADLY TRAP Bruno is surprised to find that Walsingham is aware of the plot, led by the young, wealthy noble Anthony Babington, and is

feels nurtured by it

I am not the person they say I am

peace holds

Whether set in a claustrophobic Saudi Arabian flat or on a precarious mountain road in Greece

where he answers to no one but the demons that eat away at his conscience

written in a quiet tone despite its sensational subject and its twist in the conventional serial killer psyche

and a lovely new friend called Twiggy

Turkish TV star Erol Gencer is found dead at his home on the outskirts of Istanbul

Inspector Alleyn shudders to think of the body-count to come

sophisticated new voice in crime fiction: his writing sings at you

exotic and sensual

But beware - for there is skulduggery afoot