Traitor's Legacy by S J Parris (Harper Collins, 2025)
Historical Fiction
SJ Parris’s Traitor’s Legacy offers intrigue, murder and the threat of rebellion (ISBN: 9780008595791, hardback). When a young heiress is murdered at the theatre, the Queen’s spymaster Robert Cecil asks former agent Sophia de Wolfe to investigate. The task is treacherous, and she quickly finds herself up against powerful enemies – not least the ambitious Earl of Essex, favourite of the Queen. A cracking historical thriller.