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Fresh Pick / March 30, 2011

Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles #1 February 2011 On Sale: February 1, 2011 Featuring: Brendan Prescott; William Cecil 352 pages ISBN: 0312658508 EAN: 9780312658502 Paperback $14.99  Add to Wish List Mystery Historical Buy at Amazon.com A new Tudor mystery series begins…treachery underfoot The Tudor Secret by C.W. Gortner The era of the Tudors was one of danger, intrigue, conspiracy, and, above all, spies. Summer 1553: A time of danger and deceit. Brendan Prescott, an orphan, is reared in the household of the powerful Dudley family. Brought to court, Prescott finds himself sent on an illicit mission to the king’s brilliant but enigmatic sister, Princess Elizabeth. But Brendan is soon compelled to work as a double agent by Elizabeth’s protector, William Cecil, who promises in exchange to help him unravel the secret of his own mysterious past. A dark plot swirls around Elizabeth’s quest to unravel the truth about the ominous disappearance of her seriously ill brother, King Edward VI. With only a bold stable boy and an audacious lady-in-waiting at his side, Brendan plunges into a ruthless gambit of half-truths, lies, and murder. Filled with the intrigue and pageantry of Tudor England, The Tudor Secret is the first book in The…