Death Comes Hot

Description

Jack Blackjack”s search for an executioner”s son ensnares him in a fiendish mesh of schemes in this lively Tudor mystery.

London. May, 1556. Hal Westmecott, one of the city”s most feared executioners, reckons Jack Blackjack owes him a favour – and now he”s come to collect his dues. Hal has ordered Jack to track down his long-lost son and, although Jack believes he”s been set an impossible task, he”s in no position to refuse.

But when Jack”s search draws him to the attention of a ruthless nobleman, a dead priest”s vengeful brother and finally to a bloodstained body in a filthy lodging house, he comes to realize he is an unwitting pawn in a mesh of schemes dreamed up by the most powerful people in England. Just who is a friend, who is a foe – and will Jack escape with his life intact?