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Destroying Angel

Winner of the 2019 CWA Historical Dagger

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Destroying Angel

By: S.G. MacLean
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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 WINNER OF THE 2019 CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER

'S. G. MacLean can make any historical period sing with life' Antonia Hodgson

Murder, treachery and a reckoning with his past await Captain Damian Seeker in this gripping historical thriller.

Yorkshire, 1655. Seeker has been ordered to the North - a place from which he fled a decade earlier. A routine visit to the village of Faithly turns ugly when the village commissioner's ward is poisoned at a dinner for locals.

Among those invited was the government-appointed enforcer of Puritan morality in the region. Perhaps this symbol of Cromwell's power was the intended victim? Or Seeker himself? Or was it the young woman, who had a magic way with herbs and was rumoured to be a witch?

As he investigates the girl's death, old secrets come to haunt Seeker. A painful meeting will force a reckoning between his past and present. But with a prominent Royalist on the run in Yorkshire, and a murderer still at large, any distractions could prove deadly.

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Praise for S. G. MacLean

'A gripping tale of crime and sedition' Sunday Times

'Excellent at conveying the insecurities and unsettling memories that bedevil Cromwell's dying Protectorate' Daily Mail

'The best historical crime novel of the year' Sunday Express

'One of the best writers of historical crime . . . a fascinatingly flawed hero' The Times©2018 Shona MacLean Crime Fiction Historical Mystery Thriller & Suspense Village Fiction Solider Crime Exciting Revenge Government

Critic reviews

A suspenseful, atmospheric addition to one of the best historical crime series around
Different elements are cleverly melded, with MacLean's depiction of the paranoia and fear caused by the Trier and his court particularly chilling and believable, as well as her talent for character development that makes the enigmatic Seeker such a compelling protagonist
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i have been enjoying this Seeker series and this offering is no exception. Very good story line and narrator as usual. interesting to get some more personal information about Seekers past. the feel of repulican Britain is once again brought to life with a fascinating array of weird and wonderful characters. dodgy herbalists, dodgy vicars, dodgy landowners &c. S G McLean has done it again. thoroughly entertaining book which I am happy to recommend.

another winner

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Fabulous narrator and absorbing story. Can’t wait to read the next ! Many thanks to Jonathan Keble and SG Maclean. I have been totally immersed in Seeker’s world and am missing him already !

Superb!

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Not quite as exciting as the first two books about Damian Seeker who himself seemed to be rather different in this third book.

Not quite as exciting.

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well narrated by Keeble and story draws you in with interesting characters and plot

worth it

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Another brilliantly well-written and well-narrated installment in the Damien Seeker series.
Can't wait to start listening to the next one.

Superb

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