The Frost Fair Murders
(2025)(The fifth book in the Samuel Pepys Mystery series)
A novel by Ellis Blackwood
When the Thames freezes over, Death shall stalk the ice.
St Stephen’s Day, 1666. Londoners, still reeling from the Great Fire, spill onto the frozen river for the Frost Fair: a glittering wonderland of puppet shows and skating, taverns and trinkets, gambling booths and gingerbread. But beneath the revelry something more chilling lurks.
A body is found, entombed in the ice. Samuel Pepys dispatches his loyal inquisitors, Abigail Harcourt and Jacob Standish, to investigate. The suspects are many: grizzled Thames watermen, a fiery Italian puppeteer, the dead-eyed owner of the Lottery Booth.
As Abigail is forced to reckon with a shadow from her past, Jacob begins to realise the killer’s game is more twisted - and more personal - than he imagined. The clock is ticking, a storm is coming.
And before the thaw, Death shall claim another prize.
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 your cozy mysteries wrapped in history, this series is for you.
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Genre: Cozy Mystery
St Stephen’s Day, 1666. Londoners, still reeling from the Great Fire, spill onto the frozen river for the Frost Fair: a glittering wonderland of puppet shows and skating, taverns and trinkets, gambling booths and gingerbread. But beneath the revelry something more chilling lurks.
A body is found, entombed in the ice. Samuel Pepys dispatches his loyal inquisitors, Abigail Harcourt and Jacob Standish, to investigate. The suspects are many: grizzled Thames watermen, a fiery Italian puppeteer, the dead-eyed owner of the Lottery Booth.
As Abigail is forced to reckon with a shadow from her past, Jacob begins to realise the killer’s game is more twisted - and more personal - than he imagined. The clock is ticking, a storm is coming.
And before the thaw, Death shall claim another prize.
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 your cozy mysteries wrapped in history, this series is for you.
Click the Read Now or Buy Now button to enter a thrilling world of hidden secrets and whodunits you'll never want to leave...
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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