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Uncertain Odds
by Sam Burnell
Book 4 in the Myles Devereux Murder Mysteries series.
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Myles Devereux prospers in Elizabethan London by treating loyalty as a commodity and information as a form of power. When he hears of a Catholic conspiracy against the queen, he recognises both the danger and the profit available to anyone who can control what reaches the authorities. The trail leads from the criminal streets and the Tower of London towards agents connected with the Spanish court.
Conspirators attempt to use Devereux as a courier, financier and disposable intermediary, while rivals inside his own network question whether royal politics will finally exceed his reach. He responds by playing factions against one another, but every move risks exposing his businesses and those closest to him. The mystery places a self-interested underworld figure inside the international religious conflict surrounding Elizabeth I.
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