A Hazardous Game : the captivating historical mystery full of twists and turns

England, 1626��"You are mistress of High Stoke now, Mistress Jerrard ... "�After escaping her Dorset village, Alice is building a new life with husband Henry Jerrard at his beautiful but impoverished home, High Stoke. But behind the crumbling facade, someone is playing a deadly game.��When a maidservant is murdered and an innocent man is named, the crime reveals a web of lies. Alice can trust no one - not the witnesses, not sinister steward Isabel, and certainly not the coroner Sir Malcolm, who seems more interested in pursuing an old gambling feud than the facts behind the case.��How can Alice uncover the truth when every wrong turn means risking more innocent lives?��There are secrets in Alice's new home. This is a game of high stakes that she must not lose ...�The captivating second historical mystery in The Alice Chronicles