Showing Luther's Ambassadors: A Tudor Mystery by Jay Margrave

In this, the second of the Priedeux mysteries, we rediscover Tom Priedeux, now serving the young Anne Boleyn. However, Tom is more than just a servant; he is her mentor, her confidante and sometimes her critic.

Anne has one overriding ambition: to reform the Catholic Church. The only way she can achieve her aim is to use her wiles on the men around her, two of whom are portrayed in Holbein’s paintings, the Ambassadors. She plots to marry a powerful man and influence him to make the changes she wants. This man, of course, is Henry VIII.

Priedeux helps her in this aim and when her schemes are going awry he is there to fight her battles; when her life is threatened, he saves her; when she needs an ally he is there at her side. But for how long can he survive the political battles of the Court without himself becoming a target for powerful men?

‘It’s a very good book, the story is well told. The subplot of Priedeux’s background is lovely....’ Rebecca Tope, Memership secretary of the Crime Writers’ Assocation