{"product_id":"seeker","title":"Seeker","description":"\n\n\n'The Seeker' is Winner of the 2015 CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger. \nLondon, 1654. Oliver Cromwell is at the height of his power and has declared himself Lord Protector. Yet he has many enemies, at home and abroad.\nLondon is a teeming warren of spies and merchants, priests and soldiers, exiles and assassins. One of the web's most fearsome spiders is Damian Seeker, agent of the Lord Protector. No one knows where Seeker comes from, who his family is, or even his real name. All that is known of him for certain is that he is utterly loyal to Cromwell, and that nothing can be long hidden from him.\nIn the city, coffee houses are springing up, fashionable places where men may meet to plot and gossip. Suddenly they are ringing with news of a murder. John Winter, hero of Cromwell's all-powerful army, is dead, and the lawyer, Elias Ellingworth, found standing over the bleeding body, clutching a knife.\nYet despite the damning evidence, Seeker is not convinced of Ellingworth's guilt. He will stop at nothing to bring the killer to justice: and Seeker knows better than any man where to search.\n\n\nReview\n\n\nThe contradictions and compromises of Cromwell's Proctectorate are rather brilliantly woven into the thrilling plot . . . If her next outing is as riveting as this one, she could challenge CJ Sansoms' Shardlake for dominion of the crowded historical crime niche. (\nThe Times)\n\n\nBook Description\n\n\nA new historical thriller series featuring Damian Seeker, one of Cromwell's most trusted and feared protectors\n\n\nAuthor Bio\n\n\nS.G. MacLean has a PhD in history from Aberdeen University, specializing in sixteenth and seventeenth century Scottish history. She lives in Conon Bridge, Scotland with her husband and four children. She has written four highly acclaimed historical thrillers set in Scotland,\nThe Redemption of Alexander Seaton,\nA Game of Sorrows,\nCrucible and\nThe Devil's Recruit. Her latest series of historical thrillers is set in Oliver Cromwell's London. The first book in the series,\nThe Seeker, won the CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger and the second,\nThe Black Friar, was longlisted for the same award. Follow her on Instagram @iwritemybike2","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":32686663368789,"sku":"9781784292232N","price":1053.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/9781784292232.jpg?v=1598884321","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/seeker","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}