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A killer dressed as a plague doctor is prowling London's docks. Able seaman Humphrey Wilkes is dead, shot between the eyes by the murderer known as the Plague Doctor. When Samuel Pepys's naval colleague, Robert Drake, finds a black cross daubed on his door, it marks him out as the next victim. Pepys dispatches his inquisitors, Abby Harcourt and Jacob Standish, to the docks. Can they unmask the killer and save Drake's life before he strikes again? Death is a way of life to hardened seafarers. The dockyard is theirs - a dangerous domain of secrets, lies and grudges dating back to the grim days…mehr

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A killer dressed as a plague doctor is prowling London's docks. Able seaman Humphrey Wilkes is dead, shot between the eyes by the murderer known as the Plague Doctor. When Samuel Pepys's naval colleague, Robert Drake, finds a black cross daubed on his door, it marks him out as the next victim. Pepys dispatches his inquisitors, Abby Harcourt and Jacob Standish, to the docks. Can they unmask the killer and save Drake's life before he strikes again? Death is a way of life to hardened seafarers. The dockyard is theirs - a dangerous domain of secrets, lies and grudges dating back to the grim days of the plague. Anyone could be the Plague Doctor. But who lurks beneath that ghastly disguise? When the Plague Doctor targets Jacob himself, the battle to save Drake becomes personal. The Samuel Pepys Mysteries bring 17th century England vividly to life, in the company of the celebrated diarist himself, and his personal inquisitors, Abby and Jacob. If you love a murder mystery wrapped in history, this series is for you. Click the Read Now or Buy Now button to enter a world of hidden secrets and whodunits you'll never want to leave...
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Ellis Blackwood verliebte sich durch die veröffentlichten Tagebücher des großen Mannes in die Schriften Samuel Pepys' und in das England des 17. Jahrhunderts, das dieser bewohnte. Aus dieser literarischen Liebesaffäre entstanden Die Samuel-Pepys-Mysterien.Ellis ist ein britischer Krimiautor und lebt an der Küste von Cornwall. Als ehemaliger Journalist schrieb er Reportagen für viele der beliebtesten britischen Tageszeitungen und Magazine. Er hat einen Masterabschluss in Comedy Writing.