Death in St James's ParkFive years after Charles II's triumphant return to London there is growing mistrust of his extravagant court and of corruption among his officials and when a cart laden with gunpowder explodes outside the General Letter Office, it is immediately clear that such an act is more than an expression of outrage at the inefficiency of the postal service. As intelligencer to the Lord Chamberlain, Thomas Chaloner cannot understand why a man of known

formerly neutral Franco is edging closer to the Allies

Three months later

you'll know that what his books are about is only part of the story - what really matters is how they make you feel

A noose is round your neck

not even the Concordians know how the river became conscious - and hostile

Washington

a chinking shower of rubbled cement

or even his heart

And indeed

unless he tells the blackmailer where the witness is hiding

The classic spy thriller of lethal computer-age intrigue and a maniacs private cold war

Jack's Tavern