Rivers of Treason, K. J. Maitland
Rivers of Treason, K. J. Maitland
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Rivers of Treason
Daniel Pursglove 3

Author: K. J. Maitland

Narrator: Matt Addis

Unabridged: 14 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Review

Published: 04/13/2023

Synopsis

DANIEL PURSGLOVE BOOK THREE: On the run from the King, Daniel returns to his childhood home - with his own score to settle.

From the stark Yorkshire landscape to the dark underbelly of Jacobean London, Daniel Pursglove's new mission sees him fall prey to a ruthless copycat killer...

London, 1607. As dawn breaks, Daniel Pursglove rides north, away from the watchful eye of the King and his spies.

He returns, disguised, to his childhood home in Yorkshire - with his own score to settle. The locals have little reason to trust a prying stranger, and those who remember Daniel do so with contempt.

When a body is found with rope burns about the neck, Daniel falls under suspicion. On the run, across the country, he is pursued by a ruthless killer whose victims all share the same gallows mark. Are these the crimes of someone with a cruel personal vendetta - or has Daniel become embroiled in a bigger, and far more sinister, conspiracy?

A new river of treason is rising, flowing from the fields of Yorkshire right to the heart of the King's court . . .

PRAISE FOR THE DANIEL PURSGLOVE SERIES

'Dark and enthralling' ANDREW TAYLOR

'This gripping thriller shows what a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMES

'Colourful and compelling' SUNDAY TIMES

'Full of tension and danger... powerfully atmospheric' JENNIFER SAINT

'Goes right to the heart of the Jacobean court' TRACY BORMAN

'Spies, thieves, murderers and King James I? Brilliant' CONN IGGULDEN

'There are few authors who can bring the past to life so compellingly... Brilliant writing and more importantly, riveting reading' SIMON SCARROW

'A beautifully crafted thriller... Breathtaking and bone-chilling' MANDA SCOTT

'Maitland is a superlative historical novelist' REBECCA MASCULL

'Devilishly good' DAILY MAIL

'The intrigues of Jacobean court politics simmer beneath the surface in this gripping and masterful crime novel' KATHERINE CLEMENTS

'Beautifully written with a dark heart, Maitland knows how to pull you deep into the early Jacobean period' RHIANNON WARD

(P) 2023 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About K. J. Maitland

Karen Maitland is an historical novelist, lecturer and teacher of Creative Writing, with over twenty books to her name. She grew up in Malta, which inspired her passion for history, and travelled and worked all over the world before settling in the United Kingdom. She has a doctorate in psycholinguistics, and now lives on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Helen on February 13, 2023

This is the third book in KJ Maitland’s 17th century mystery series and continues Daniel Pursglove’s search for the mysterious Spero Pettingar. If you haven’t read the first two (The Drowned City and Traitor in the Ice) I strongly recommend that you do so before starting this book. Even though I’ve......more

Goodreads review by Trevor on June 04, 2024

This is the third is K J Maitland’s excellent ‘Daniel Pursglove’ series, set in the years immediately after the Gunpowder Plot. For me, this is the best of the three. The author is excellent on research and historical detail and comfortably takes the reader through the slums of London or the mud of......more

Goodreads review by MidgeB on June 15, 2024

Rally enjoyed this book can’t wait to see how the series ends in the final book......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on April 25, 2023

In this brilliant historical novel, Rivers of Treason, we follow Daniel as he heads down the passageways and streets of London and Bristol Told from his point of view, it’s very vividly described, from the streets to the houses, not a detail has been left unturned in this one. Their ways of thinking......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on November 13, 2023

Don't get me wrong: this is a good book filled with the scent of early 17th c. England. Daniel Pursglove sets out on his own to try to uncover some details about his past and, in the process, uncovers a plot against King James. The novel takes place in Yorkshire, Brighton, and London. In each place,......more

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Brimful of malice, machinations and gruesome deaths, this is a shadowy novel of spies and double-agents, underworld brothel keepers and religious dissenters, where nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted Daily Mail

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