The thorne maze

an Elizabeth I mystery

290 pages

English language

Published Aug. 7, 2003 by St. Martin's Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books.

ISBN:
978-0-312-99349-8
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3 stars (1 review)

The vibrant pageant of Elizabethan England comes vividly alive in Karen Harper's fifth novel in her acclaimed Elizabeth I mystery series. In the gardens of Hampton Court, Elizabeth proudly shows a famed visitor her huge maze. But the intricate labyrinth soon becomes a scene of horror as Elizabeth herself is attacked and the visitor is murdered within its leafy dead ends. Undaunted, the queen sets a trap to snare a ghostly murderer before he or she strikes again...

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3 stars

Life in Elizabethan England has always intrigued me, and Karen Harper's mixture of court life and mystery did not disappoint. When her guests begin to be murdered, Queen Elizabeth vows to find the culprit. Suspecting nearly everyone--from her known enemies, the Sydneys, to her childhood caregiver, Lady Kat Ashley--she, along with her Secretary of State William Cecil and the Privy Plot Council, must lay a trap to catch the dangerous perpetrator. In a story with as many twists and turns as the maze alluded to in the title, Harper keeps her readers guessing up to the very last.

Subjects

  • Elizabeth -- I, -- Queen of England, -- 1533-1603 -- Fiction
  • Burghley, William Cecil, -- Baron, -- 1520-1598 -- Fiction
  • Maze gardens -- Fiction
  • Queens -- Fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Historical fiction
  • Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Fiction