Scorpions' Nest

Despatched to France to track down a traitor to the throne, Marlowe must work quickly to avoid an untimely exit stage left.
 
October, 1586. The queen’s spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham has despatched Kit Marlowe to the English College in Rheims where he suspects the Catholic traitor Matthew Baxter is hiding. Infiltrating the College undercover, Marlowe learns that the community has been rocked by a series of unexplained and violent deaths. With the help of master codebreaker Thomas Phelippes, Marlowe must unearth a murderer, track down a traitor, and extract himself from the scorpions’ nest in time to return to London and save his play from remorseless plagiarizer.
 
“Kit has charm, and the English College full of exiled priests makes for an interesting setting” —Kirkus Reviews