Blue Water: the Instant Times Bestseller (Laurence Jago)

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It is his great chance to redeem himself—except that his predecessor has taken the secret of the treaty's hiding place to his watery grave. Leonora Nattrass studied eighteenth-century literature and politics, and spent ten years lecturing in English and publishing works on William Cobbett.

The new page-turning historical mystery from the author of BLACK DROP, a 2021 TIMES Book of the Year.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD **** AN INSTANT TIMES BESTSELLER ** ** A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR **'A TRULY GRIPPING READ' - GUARDIAN'FABULOUS, A DELIGHT' - S. When the civil servant meets an unfortunate end, Laurence becomes the one person standing between Britain and disaster.

But the characters were flat or confusing, everyone just wandered around the ship mumbling and there was really no intrigue or story at all.Whilst I really enjoyed 'Black Drop' I feel that this novel shows Nattrass really hitting her stride. However, when the civil servant meets an unfortunate - and ostensibly accidental - end and the treaty disappears, Laurence realises only he can now prevent war with the United States. and Laurence Jago is en route to Philadelphia, as William Philpott's apprentice, but secretly, he has been tasked with a mission from Whitehall, to aid a civil servant carrying vital papers, a treaty that will prevent the Americans from joining France in their war against Britain.

However, the name of another student, David Moore, who either fell or was pushed in front of a train in 1998, keeps cropping up – and when Rice’s apparent drug overdose turns out to be murder, DI Kaur suspects there may be a link between the two deaths. Find your next must-read with the Serpent’s Tail newsletter and discover gripping crime and mystery from Viper Books. BLUE WATER” is the second thrilling adventure in the ‘Laurence Jago’ series by author Leonora Nattrass, following on from the very successful “Black Drop”. Blue Water is a mystery with sea salt running through its veins and the whiff of ozone and intrigue emanating from every page. Blue Water has all the intrigue and suspense of Black Drop but with a heightened sense of jeopardy and more personal stakes.This is a good historical thriller which gains momentum and more excitement as the ship's voyage progresses. Leonora Nattrass lectured on the literature and politics of the 18th century for almost ten years before running away to Cornwall, where she now lives in a seventeenth-century house with seventeenth-century draughts and knits the wool of her small flock of Ryeland sheep into complicated jumpers. The chapters of Jago’s report are interspersed with snippets from the Captain’s log and newspaper articles from Philpott, the journalist who Jago is assisting.

It’s an enjoyable historical account and good reading material while I was travelling on the US east coast, learning about the young republic and its founding fathers.G. MACLEAN'A FINE ADVENTURE REMINISCENT OF PATRICK O'BRIAN' - SUNDAY TIMESThis is the secret report of Laurence Jago. I found this to be one of those books you keep expecting to find it's feet and give an inspirational twist or novel approach but just never does. He must keep an eye on an official who is carrying a vital document – the Jay treaty, which will prevent the Americans joining the French in their war against Britain – but his work becomes a great deal more difficult when the man is killed, apparently by accident. Neuware -\*\* SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD \*\*\*\* AN INSTANT TIMES BESTSELLER \*\* \*\* A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR \*\*'A TRULY GRIPPING READ' - GUARDIAN'FABULOUS, A DELIGHT' - S. A compelling locked room murder-mystery filled with an exquisitely drawn cast of eccentric characters.