Лучшие книги С. Дж. Пэррис

Великий Джордано Бруно, спасаясь от инквизиции, бежит в Англию. В этой стране, где вот уже четверть века на троне сидит королева-протестантка, все еще сильна оппозиция приверженцев католической веры. При королевском дворе Бруно получает задание — отправиться в Оксфорд, тайный оплот католицизма, и нащупать нити заговора против королевы. Там же в Оксфорде вроде бы спрятана вожделенная для него книга, содержащая ключ к разгадке тайн мироздания. Однако разоблачение заговора и поиски книги неожиданно осложняются тем, что в этом тихом университетском городке совершается ряд загадочных убийств, которые Бруно берется расследовать.

С.Дж. Пэррис — автор серии исторических детективов, главный герой которой — великий Джордано Бруно, монах, знахарь, ученый, еретик и по совместительству сыщик. Первый же роман серии «Ересь» стал номинантом престижной Исторической премии Эллис Питерс, присуждаемой Британской ассоциацией писателей-детективщиков. «Пророчество» — второй роман серии, в котором Джордано Бруно вступает в борьбу с земной и небесной угрозой, нависшей над королевой-девственницей. В настоящее время писательница готовит к изданию третий роман цикла.

"Шепот в темноте" - очередное, наряду с "Тринадцатой сказкой" Дианы Сеттерфилд, свидетельство о возвращении золотого века британского романа, с его романтизмом, загадками и непременной готичностью. На этот раз в увлекательную мелодраму мастерски вплетены элементы политического детектива и университетской комедии нравов.

Габриэль - аспирантка-историк в колледже Святого Дунстана, большой специалист по королю Артуру. Но сейчас мифического короля затмил для нее Пирс Гевестон - декан нового, коммерческого факультета культурологии, вопреки многовековым традициям не избранный, но назначенный таинственным спонсором, предпочитающим оставаться в тени. Габриэль не в силах устоять перед чарами Пирса - надменного, но неотразимо обаятельного мужчины фотомодельной внешности, который притягивает неотступное внимание СМИ и явно скрывает какую-то взрывоопасную тайну. Но что связывает Пирса и бывшего торговца оружием, а ныне "медиабарона" сэра Эдварда, который приходится Габриэль дядей и намерен силой вернуться в ее жизнь? На какие скандалы в их общем прошлом намекает неподконтрольная сэру Эдварду пресса? И о чем расскажет едва различимый шепот в темноте?

Three gripping tales from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller S. J. Parris. The Secret Dead During the summer of 1566, a girl's body is found within the walls of a Neapolitan monastery. Novice monk Giordano Bruno has a habit of asking difficult questions, but this time his investigations may lose him his place in the Dominican Order — or deliver him into the hands of the Inquisition.

Perfect for fans of C.J.Sansom and The Name of the Rose, the fourth historical thriller featuring Giordano Bruno, heretic, philosopher and spy.
August, 1583. Giordano Bruno, a heretic fleeing the Inquisition, finds a new life working as a spy for Sir Francis Walsingham.
Along with his friend, Sir Philip Sidney, Bruno travels to Plymouth on the Queen's behalf. There, they meet Sir Francis Drake, who is preparing to launch a daring expedition against the Spanish, which could turn the tide of war.
Unbeknownst to Bruno, however, Sidney plans to stowaway with Drake's fleet and return a hero - dragging Bruno with him to the New World. But when a murder occurs aboard Drake's own ship, fear and suspicion grip the fleet and threaten to abort the expedition before it begins.
Navigating the jealousies and loyalties of the crew, Bruno learns that someone with a deadly grudge is shadowing his investigation.
Tracking the killer through Plymouth's menacing backstreets, he uncovers some of the darkest secrets the city is harbouring. Failure will come at the highest cost - not just for Bruno, but all of England…

Heretic -turned-spy Giordano Bruno has lived life looking over his shoulder - so he knows instinctively when he's being followed. His stalker is Sophia Underhill, the woman he once loved, accused of murder and on the run.
With the leave of Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's spymaster, Bruno travels to Canterbury to clear Sophia's name. But when a series of mysterious crimes strike the city Bruno senses a far bigger puzzle emerging.
As he hunts for the real killer through Canterbury's ancient streets, it seems all roads lead to the Cathedral. There, in the shadow of England's holiest shrine, Bruno will approach the heart of a sinister and powerful conspiracy...

A gripping historical thriller set in sixteenth-century England and centered on the highly secretive cult of Saint Thomas Becket, the twelfth-century archbishop murdered in Canterbury Cathedral.

London, summer of 1584: Radical philosopher, ex-monk, and spy Giordano Bruno suspects he is being followed by an old enemy. He is shocked to discover that his pursuer is in fact Sophia Underhill, a young woman with whom he was once in love. When Bruno learns that Sophia has been accused of murdering her husband, a prominent magistrate in Canterbury, he agrees to do anything he can to help clear her name.

In the city that was once England's greatest center of pilgrimage, Bruno begins to uncover unsuspected secrets that point to the dead man being part of a larger and more dangerous plot in the making. He must turn his detective's eye on history—on Saint Thomas Becket, the twelfth-century archbishop murdered in Canterbury Cathedral, and on the legend surrounding the disappearance of his body—in order to solve the crime.

As Bruno's feelings for Sophia grow more intense, so does his fear that another murder is about to take place—perhaps his own. But more than Bruno's life is at stake in this vividly rendered, impeccably researched, and addictively page-turning whodunit—the stability of the kingdom hangs in the balance as Bruno hunts down a brutal murderer in the shadows of England's most ancient cathedral.

Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom and The Name of the Rose, three Sunday Times bestselling historical thrillers featuring Giordano Bruno, heretic, philosopher and spy.HERESY: Oxford, 1583. A place of learning, and of murderous schemes. The Queen’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, recruits Giordano Bruno, a radical thinker fleeing the Inquisition, to expose a Catholic conspiracy at Oxford University. When a series of brutal murders ruptures close-knit college life, Bruno realizes that the Tudor throne itself is at stake…PROPHECY: London, 1583. As Mary Stuart’s supporters scheme to usurp the rightful monarch, a young maid of honour is murdered in Queen Elizabeth’s court, occult symbols carved into her flesh. When maverick agent Giordano Bruno is instructed to infiltrate the plotters, he must use all his cunning to secure evidence against them before his true identity is exposed…SACRILEGE: Canterbury, 1584. Heretic-turned-spy Giordano Bruno travels to Canterbury to clear the name of the woman he once loved. But when a series of mysterious crimes strike the city, a far bigger puzzle emerges. Bruno’s investigation leads him deep into the shadows of the Cathedral, and to the heart of a sinister and powerful conspiracy…

The first book in the No. 1 Sunday Timesbestselling series following Giordano Bruno, set at the time of Queen Elizabeth I
In Elizabeths England, true faith can mean bloody murder...
Oxford, 1583. A place of learning. And murderous schemes.
The country is rife with plots to assassinate Queen Elizabeth and return the realm to the Catholic faith. Giordano Bruno is recruited by the queens spymaster and sent undercover to expose a treacherous conspiracy in Oxford - but his own secret mission must remain hidden at all costs.
A spy under orders. A coveted throne under threat.
When a series of hideous murders ruptures close-knit college life, Bruno is compelled to investigate. And what he finds makes it brutally clear that the Tudor throne itself is at stake...
Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Hilary Mantel
Praise for S. J. Parris
A delicious blend of history and thriller The Times
An omnipresent sense of danger Daily Mail
Colourful characters, fast-moving plots and a world where one false step in religion or politics can mean a grisly death Sunday Times
Pacy, intricate, and thrilling Observer
Vivid, sprawling ... Well-crafted, exuberant Financial Times
Impossible to resist Daily Telegraph
An atmospheric and well-written historical thriller Guardian
Twists and turns like a corkscrew of venomous snakes Stuart MacBride
It has everything - intrigue, mystery and excellent history Kate Mosse
The period is incredibly vivid and the story utterly gripping Conn Iggulden
A brilliantly unusual glimpse at the intrigues surrounding Queen Elizabeth IAndrew Taylor
"Rich in both historical detail and ingenious twists" Sam Bourne (bestselling author of The Righteous Men)
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The No. 1 bestseller – perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom and The Name of the Rose, the fifth historical thriller featuring Giordano Bruno, heretic, philosopher and spy.PARIS, 1585.A KING WITHOUT AN HEIRGiordano Bruno arrives in Paris to find a city on the edge of catastrophe. King Henry III lives in fear of a coup by the fanatical Catholic League and another massacre on the streets.A DEADLY CONSPIRACY IN PLAYWhen murder strikes at the heart of the Palace, Bruno finds himself on the trail of a killer who hides a terrible secret. With the royal houses of France and England under threat, he must expose the truth – or be silenced for good…

The No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling seriesThe new book in S. J. Parris’s bestselling, critically acclaimed series following Giordano Bruno, set at the time of Queen Elizabeth IEngland, 1586.A TREASONOUS CONSPIRACY Giordano Bruno, a heretic turned spy, arrives in England with shocking information for spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. A band of Catholic Englishmen are plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth and spring Mary Queen of Scots from prison to take the English throne in her place.A DEADLY TRAP Bruno is surprised to find that Walsingham is aware of the plot, led by the young, wealthy noble Anthony Babington, and is allowing it to progress. He hopes that Mary will put her support in writing – and condemn herself to a traitor's death.A QUEEN IN MORTAL DANGER Bruno is tasked with going undercover to join the conspirators. Can he stop them before he is exposed? Either way a queen will die; Bruno must make sure it is the right one…Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Hilary MantelPraise for S. J. Parris‘A delicious blend of history and thriller’ The Times‘An omnipresent sense of danger’ Daily Mail‘Colourful characters, fast-moving plots and a world where one false step in religion or politics can mean a grisly death’ Sunday Times‘Pacy, intricate, and thrilling’ Observer‘Vivid, sprawling … Well-crafted, exuberant’ Financial Times‘Impossible to resist’ Daily Telegraph‘Twists and turns like a corkscrew of venomous snakes’ Stuart MacBride‘It has everything – intrigue, mystery and excellent history’ Kate Mosse‘The period is incredibly vivid and the story utterly gripping’ Conn Iggulden‘A brilliantly unusual glimpse at the intrigues surrounding Queen Elizabeth I’ Andrew Taylor