Adroitly blends British history with a wonderful cast of actual and fictional characters. And the Stocks， are， always， enterprising detectives and superb guides to 16th century London.""
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As Queen Elizabeth lays dying， there is a plot afoot to unseat her principle advisor， Sir Robert Cecil . Merchant-constable Matthew Stock's considers Sir Robert his master， and， determined to help his lord in any way， Matthew is lured to a murder scene--and the bloody knife next to the body turns out to be his own. Only the industrious and clever Joan Stock， Matthew's steadfast wife， is a liberty to save his neck from the gallows， that is until the plotters turn toward her--aiming to rid themselves of the one body who stands in their way.... | 
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