A fantastic, high class debut murder mystery set in Elizabethan London, for fans of C. J. Sansom, Rory Clements and S. G. MacLean. Longlisted for the CWA Dagger historical fiction prize 2019.

A smart and gripping tale of conspiracy, murder and espionage in Elizabethan London, ideal for fans of C. J. Sansom, Rory Clements and S. G. MacLean.

Cairo, 1938 Archie Nevenden is many things: amateur archaeologist; theatre impresario; absent father; potential defector. And now, he's a missing person. His daughter, Prim, hasn't seen him for nearly fifteen years. But she's never given up on him, and now she's on her way to Cairo to assist in the search. Harry Taverner claims to work for the British Council, but Prim knows there's more to it. He clearly has a theory about what happened to Archie, one she's not going to like. As Prim and Harry uncover the layers of Archie's existence in Cairo, they find themselves drawn in to more than...