The Conjuror’s Apprentice
G J Williams
Genre: Historical fiction, Mystery
Margaretta Morgan, with her ability to hear the unsaid, faces her first murder mystery as apprentice to Doctor John Dee. When a body is pulled from the Thames, sinister messages tell of a plot winding to the centre of Court that will take the queen’s sister, Elizabeth, to The Tower heralding the end of the Tudor dynasty and England’s sovereignty.
Pulling the battered body of a young boy out of the Thames was not unusual in the cruel London of Bloody Mary. But this was different. The messages on his body tell of a plot that will take the queen’s sister, Elizabeth, to The Tower, heralding the end of the Tudor dynasty and England’s freedom as a nation.
Margaretta Morgan, with her ability to hear the unsaid, faces her first murder mystery as apprentice to Doctor John Dee. As fear and death-tolls rise, can they identify the sinister killer?
The Conjuror’s Apprentice takes real people and events in 1555, into which G J Williams weaves a tale of murder and intrigue. Appealing to readers of crime and well-researched historical fiction, this is the first in a series that will follow the life, times, plots, and murders of the Tudor Court.
‘Thoroughly engaging, beautifully written, and highly evocative of the period…Highly recommended.’ (Zoe Sharp)
