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Murder in the Queen’s Wardrobe

by

Kathy Lynn Emerson

Severn House

available now in hardcover and for Kindle and Nook

first in a new series featuring Mistress Rosamond Jaffrey, Elizabethan sleuth and spy

Mistress Jaffrey is Rosamond Appleton, illegitimate daughter of Lady Appleton’s late, unlamented husband, Sir Robert. Now she’s all grown up, married, and ready to solve crimes on her own. She was raised by Susanna Appleton, but she inherited some of the worst traits of both her parents. At sixteen, she made an impulsive runaway marriage, wedding her childhood playmate, Rob Jaffrey, once known as “Mole” and the son of Lady Appleton’s steward and housekeeper, Mark and Jennet Jaffrey. Rosamond got what she wanted, control of her fortune, but now she’s wed to Rob for life. There is no divorce in Elizabeth Tudor’s England.

Estranged from Rob, Rosamond is shocked to learn he may be in danger. To help keep him safe, she is willing to go undercover as an intelligence gatherer for the Crown. Why not, when both her father and her stepfather did their share of spying when they were young? But when another agent is murdered, Rosamond must add crime-solving to her other responsibilities. With action that moves from the English court of Queen Elizabeth the First to the Russia of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, Mistress Jaffrey’s first outing is a unique combination of spy thriller and cozy historical mystery.

If you’ve never met Rosamond before, here are two links to introduce you. For her appearance, as a girl, in Chapter One of Face Down Beside St. Anne’s Well, click here and for the short story, “Any Means Short of Murder,” which first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, click here and learn how she and Rob ended up married and dealing with a murder all on the same day.

For the real story behind the fictional one, click here

For a bibliography of sources used in writing Murder in the Queen’s Wardrobe, click here

Here’s what the reviewers have to say:

Kirkus Reviews calls this “a diverting series . . . with lots of twists and turns and Tudor tidbits.”

Publisher’s Weekly describes Rosamond as “high-spirited, educated, and independent” and praises the way I draw on my “solid knowledge of the period to evoke vividly daily life in late 16^th-century England.”

Booklist praises “first-rate storytelling, eye-opening details of the politics and customs of the time, a taut and riveting plot, unexpected humor, and a charming and admirable heroine.”

Library Journal calls Rosamond “a feisty, fiercely independent, and very likeable protagonist.”

Historical Novels Review says Rosamond is “brave yet vulnerable” and “portrayed as a genuine woman of the era.”

Kathy Lynn Emerson’s other titles include

Mysteries, Nonfiction, Romances, and Children’s Books

Kathy Lynn Emerson writes in several different genres
and under several different names,

including Kate Emerson and Kaitlyn Dunnett.
As Kathy Lynn Emerson she is best known

for historical mysteries, including the

Face Down Mystery Series
featuring sixteenth-century gentlewoman,
herbalist, and sleuth, Susanna, Lady Appleton,
the Diana Spaulding 1888 Quartet,

and her Agatha-award-winning nonfiction,

How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries.

She has also written children’s books and romance novels

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Kate’s pages also host the updated and expanded version of Kathy’s Wives and Daughters: The Women of Tudor England

to read about over 2000 sixteenth century women, click here:

A Who's Who of Tudor Women

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