The White Rose Murders (Tudor Mysteries, Book 1): A gripping Tudor murder mystery

Anarchy and unrest make for a deadly investigation...In the first journal of Roger Shallot, the Tudor sleuth writes of the murders and villainy perpetrated during the reign of King Henry VIII in Paul Doherty' s masterful novel, The White Rose Murders.

Perfect for fans of Susannah Gregory and C.

J.

Sansom.'The best of its kind since the death of Ellis Peters' - Time OutIn 1517 the English armies have defeated and killed James IV of Scotland at Flodden and James' s widow-queen, Margaret, sister to Henry VIII, has fled to England, leaving her crown under a Council of Regency.Roger Shallot is drawn into a web of mystery and murder by his close friendship with Benjamin Daunbey, the nephew of Cardinal Wolsey, first minister of Henry VIII.

Benjamin and Roger are ordered into Margaret' s household to resolve certain mysteries as well as to bring about her restoration to Scotland.They begin by questioning Selkirk, a half- mad physician imprisoned in the Tower.

He is subsequently found poisoned in a locked chamber guarded by soldiers.

The only clue is a poem of riddles.

However, the poem contains the seeds for other gruesome murders.

The faceless assassin always leaves a white rose, the mark of Les Blancs Sangliers, a secret society plotting the overthrow of the Tudor monarchy...