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When Queen Elizabeth I demands a new coin, production delays set off the Crown’s wrath. To cool her fury, Lady Grace Cavendish joins the Maids of Honour on a rail‑skating trip down the frozen Thames to the Frost Fair. Their revelry is shattered when a dead body, coins stacked over the eyes, appears on the ice. As the Queen’s Lady Pursuivant, Grace must investigate the gruesome scene. Her diary— a rare, intimate record of court life—reveals a covert network of counterfeiting and corruption that threatens the realm. With each clue she uncovers, the stakes rise and the danger tightens, forcing Grace to confront a society of miscreants who will stop at nothing to protect their illicit commerce.
Set against the grand backdrop of Elizabethan England, the novel blends historical detail with mystery, featuring vivid depictions of the court, the Thames, and the spectacular Frost Fair. Love, loyalty, and deception interweave as Lady Grace balances her duty to the Queen with the perilous truth hidden beneath the ice.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Grace Cavendish
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