The Bear Pit
On sale
11th July 2019
Price: £18.99
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London, 1656.
Oliver Cromwell is now a king in all but name. Three conspirators, an alliance of Royalists and disillusioned Parliamentarians, plan to assassinate him.
Seeker, though, is preoccupied by the discovery of the body of a man ravaged by a bear – creatures not seen in the capital since bear baiting was banned. The hunt for the killer leads from Kent’s coffee house on Cornhill, to a German clockmaker in Clerkenwell, to the desolate Lambeth Marshes where no one should venture at night.
As the motivation behind the murder becomes clearer, Seeker realises just what – and who – he is up against. The Royalists in exile have sent to London their greatest fighter, a man who will stop at nothing to ensure the Restoration.
Praise for The Seeker series
‘A gripping tale of crime and sedition in an unsettled city’ Sunday Times
‘One of the best historical crime series out there’ Crime Review
London, 1656.
Oliver Cromwell is now a king in all but name. Three conspirators, an alliance of Royalists and disillusioned Parliamentarians, plan to assassinate him.
Seeker, though, is preoccupied by the discovery of the body of a man ravaged by a bear – creatures not seen in the capital since bear baiting was banned. The hunt for the killer leads from Kent’s coffee house on Cornhill, to a German clockmaker in Clerkenwell, to the desolate Lambeth Marshes where no one should venture at night.
As the motivation behind the murder becomes clearer, Seeker realises just what – and who – he is up against. The Royalists in exile have sent to London their greatest fighter, a man who will stop at nothing to ensure the Restoration.
Praise for The Seeker series
‘A gripping tale of crime and sedition in an unsettled city’ Sunday Times
‘One of the best historical crime series out there’ Crime Review
Reviews
Complex and gripping ... this high-quality, deliciously moody series continues to deliver. I long for more
MacLean skilfully weaves together the disparate threads of her plot to create a gripping tale of crime and sedition in an unsettled city
Excellent at conveying the insecurities and unsettling memories that bedevil Cromwell's dying Protectorate, the author brings a fresh perspective and gold-plated research to a period which has been unfairly eclipsed by the popularity of the Tudors
MacLean's light touch portrait of a hard man with a softer core is what makes these books so memorable
A thrilling plot . . . MacLean's characters are subtle and convincing . . . could challenge C.J. Sansom for dominion of historical crime
