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    Murder in a Cornish Alehouse: An Elizabethan Spy Thriller

    Murder in a Cornish Alehouse: An Elizabethan Spy Thriller

    by Kathy Lynn Emerson

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    Kathy Lynn Emerson writes in a variety of genres and under several names. As Kathy Lynn Emerson, she is best known for two historical mystery series, the Face Down series, featuring Susanna, Lady Appleton, sixteenth-century gentlewoman, herbalist, and sleuth, and the Diana Spaulding Mysteries. As Kate Emerson, Kathy writes historical novels set in the sixteenth century. Kathy lives in Wilton, Maine with her husband and assorted cats.

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     Advance. Retreat.
     Advance. Retreat.
     Glide. Turn.
     Rosamond executed the dance-like steps with graceful precision despite wearing heavy skirts held as wide as any at Queen Elizabeth’s court by the undergarment known as a wheel farthingale. Since there might be times of crisis when her movements were restricted by similar garments, she practiced while wearing them. A wise woman learned how to overcome her disadvantages.
     Advance. Retreat.
     Advance. Retreat.
     Glide. Spin. Stab!
     The dagger in right her hand slid smoothly through leather and straw before imbedding itself in the heart of the man-sized bag suspended from the ceiling of the gallery at Willow House. It struck within in inch of the spot where its twin was already lodged.
     “Hah!”
     Her cry of triumph went unheard by anyone but the cat, Watling, who had been watching from a cushion on a window seat. The large gray and white striped feline stared at her with unblinking green eyes. Then, with the supreme rudeness only a cat could manage, his mouth opened wide in a yawn.

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    Mistress Rosamond Jaffrey is summoned to Cornwall and finds herself embroiled in an investigation involving smugglers, piracy – and rumours of treason.

    June, 1584. On hearing news of the sudden death of her stepfather, Sir Walter Pendennis, Rosamond Jaffrey must leave London for Cornwall to look after the interests of her young half-brother and try to mend her strained relationship with their mother. However, on arriving in Cornwall, Rosamond makes the shocking discovery that Sir Walter was in fact murdered – and reluctantly she agrees to work with an agent of the queen’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, in order to unmask the killer.

    Rosamond’s investigations will lead her into a dangerous maelstrom of smuggling, piracy – and rumours of treason.

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    Publishers Weekly
    02/20/2017
    Set in 1584, Emerson’s swashbuckling third Mistress Jaffrey mystery (after 2015’s Murder in the Merchant’s Hall) takes Rosamond Jaffrey, a gentlewoman who has worked as an intelligence gatherer, from London to Cornwall, where her stepfather, Sir Walter Pendennis, has suddenly died. Rosamond makes the trip reluctantly, since she’s estranged from her greedy, grasping mother, Eleanor, who disapproves of Rosamond’s devoted husband, Rob. Soon after she and Rob arrive at her mother’s house, Eleanor informs Rosamond that Sir Walter was murdered. Evidently, something he discovered in his work as an espionage agent led to his death. The astute and fearless Rosamond, who’s a dab hand with knives, investigates. The action shifts to Ireland, where she’s kidnapped and has her honor threatened. At the climax on the high seas, she must deal with a literal boatload of spies and counterspies. Those interested in the fashion and cultural history of the period, not to mention Cornish dialect, will find a lot to like. Agent: Christina Hogrebe, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (Apr.)
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    "This meticulously researched, cleverly plotted story has plenty of twists and wonderfully colorful characters"
    Kirkus Reviews
    2016-12-27
    In 1584, a headstrong woman vows to find her stepfather's murderer.Rosamond Jaffrey and her husband, Rob, are enjoying a peaceful respite at Rosamond's London house when she learns from her estranged mother's servant that her stepfather, Sir Walter Pendennis, is dead. Although her mother has never treated her well, Rosamond still wants her approval. And the fact that her half brother, Benet, who's set to inherit most of the estate, is only 8 puts him in danger of becoming a ward of the crown, who will likely sell the wardship to the highest bidder. Rosamond, who's wealthy in her own right, decides that she'll have to purchase it to protect the family interests. She heads down to Cornwall, where her mother greets her and Rob with disdain, but Lady Pendennis eventually invites them to dinner and informs them that Sir Walter didn't die in an accident—he was murdered. Because Sir Walter worked for Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's spymaster, Rosamond can readily believe that someone wanted him dead. Their own trip to Muscovy in Walsingham's service (Murder in the Merchant's Hall, 2015, etc.) has left both of them with a taste for adventure, but Rosamond, preoccupied with finding her stepfather's killer, is in no mood for Rob's surprise announcement that he's purchased a small ship. Their investigations lead them to other deaths, a conspiracy that may involve pirates, and the involvement of papist families living in the surrounding area of Cornwall. Rosamond's ability to speak Cornish is a big help in questioning the locals, who are loath to assist in the investigation. More deaths follow, and Rosamond and her group of helpers are attacked, but she's never discouraged, though she has an almighty difficult puzzle to untangle. A meandering mystery with far too many red herrings that's still enjoyable for its historical insights and detailed descriptions of everyday life in Tudor England.

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