The Bastille Spy

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A thrilling, sumptuous historical crime novel set in the early days of the French Revolution from the e-book bestselling sensation C. S. Quinn. England's best spy. France's deadliest prison.Paris, 1789. Attica Morgan, the daughter of a Lord and a member of high society, is a woman of hidden talents: English spy, secret assassin, fearless fighter. The sole female member of a clandestine network, her new assignment is in Paris, a city where nothing is what it seems...Because in Paris, revolution is in the air. Skirmishes are rife and English visitors are viewed with suspicion. Attica is charged with investigating the murder of a rebel in the morgue of the Bastille, that notorious prison of no return. A murder her backers are convinced is part of a much more treacherous plot. With France on the cusp of bloody revolution, Attica soon realizes her mission is a great deal deadlier than she bargained for. A mythic treasure has vanished, a strange man named Robespierre wants her dead, and on the city streets all hell is about to break loose... Longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown 2020_________________________________From the bestselling e-book sensation of The Thief Taker series comes a thrilling and sumptuous novel set during the early days of the French Revolution.'A rip-roaring adventure.' Tessa Harris, author of the Dr Thomas Silkstone Mysteries_________________________________'He was alive when he went in the mortuary.'1789. The Bastille is marked for destruction. Skirmishes in the city are rife and revolution is in the air. When a gruesomely murdered rebel is found in the prison morgue, a plot is suspected.English spy, Attica Morgan, is laying low after an abortive mission. So when she's given an assignment inside the Bastille, her instinct is to run. Instead, she's offered a pardon, in return for solving the mystery of the dead revolutionary; and exposing a plot that leads to Marie Antoinette.But as tensions rise to breaking point in the city, Attica quickly realises she's in a race against time. Soon there could be no Bastille to investigate.'Incredible! It's the best action adventure novel I've ever read... A fantastic achievement that has blown me away with its ingenuity, scope and breathless pace.' Louise Voss, author of the Detective Lennon series

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