Will her death end the ceaseless plotting against Mary’s red-haired cousin, Elizabeth? 1588, the year of the Spanish Armada, is a time of more terror and triumph, not just for queen and court but for the whole of England. He is also a former Chairman of the Crime Writers Association.ġ587, and Mary, Queen of Scots, dies by the executioner’s axe her head, shorn of its auburn wig, rolling across the platform.

Prolific and highly successful, he is equally at home writing children's books or literary criticism, plays or biographies and the settings for his crime novels range from the world of professional golf to the compilation of the Domesday Survey. A full-time writer for over thirty years, he has worked in radio, film, television and the theatre. New York Times Review About the AuthorEDWARD MARSTON was born and brought up in South Wales. So where is the repentant rake? And, with only lies, rumors and gossip to work with, even Redmayne and Bale despair of finding him.ReviewAll the swashbuckling thrills and romantic swagger of blood-and-thunder tragedies. But how can they hope to find those who exploit the scandal of others, when the victims themselves will do anything to maintain their anonymity? And what of Sir Julius' son? Most feel he must have been the victim of his own, debauched appetites, but a few talk of his repentance.

Divided by politics but united in a desire to see justice done, Christopher Redmayne and Jonathan Bale join together once more.

The Frost Fair by Edward Marston