The Fire Court (James Marwood & Cat Lovett, Book 2)

From No.1 bestselling author Andrew Taylor comes the sequel to the phenomenally successful The Ashes of London

A time of terrible danger…
The Great Fire has ravaged London. Now, guided by the Fire Court, the city is rebuilding, but times are volatile and danger is only ever a heartbeat away.

Two mysterious deaths…
James Marwood, a traitor’s son, is thrust into this treacherous environment when his father discovers a dead woman in the very place where the Fire Court sits. The next day his father is run down. Accident? Or another murder…?

A race to stop a murderer…
Determined to uncover the truth, Marwood turns to the one person he can trust – Cat Lovett, the daughter of a despised regicide. Then comes a third death… and Marwood and Cat are forced to confront a vicious killer who threatens the future of the city itself.

•The Fire Court is the sequel to the incredibly successful The Ashes of London.

• The Fire Court is the second in a brilliantly realised new historical thriller series featuring the government investigator, James Marwood.

•Taylor is an acclaimed historical fiction writer who has won the CWA Historical Dagger three times (the only author ever to do so)

•The American Boy was a No.1 bestseller and sold over 260,000 copies in paperback. It was also a Richard and Judy Book Club pick.

•The Ashes of London was selected in the Summer Reading sections in both The Times and Sunday Times.

Competition: Essex Serpent The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock. Sarah Waters Mick Herron Abir Mukherjee S J Parris Antonia Hodgson Elly Griffiths Helen Dunmore Peter May Hilary Mantel C J Sansom