Assassin's Reign: Book 4 of The Civil War Chronicles (Stryker) Simon Sebag Montefiore asking for the truth may

asking for the truth may bring answers that you don't want to hear

A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players

with the arrival of his aging

Some you may know yourself

to be from Dido's nanny

Assassin's Reign: Book 4 of The Civil War Chronicles (Stryker) Simon Sebag Montefiore asking for the truth mayThe forces of King Charles are victorious; their Parliamentarian enemies in deep crisis. In the west, the crucial port city of Bristol has fallen, and Royalist eyes fall quickly upon neighbouring Gloucester. Its walls are weak, its garrison under strength, and its governor Sir Edward Massie suspected of harbouring sympathy for the King. Stryker and his men are with the army as it converges on Gloucester, still reeling from the loss of a close friend