The Sinners Mark Hamish Hamilton a work of imaginative grandeur

a work of imaginative grandeur and complete artistic control' Ian McEwan

so what could he possibly have to conceal

a part-time librarian

Already under scrutiny following the murder of a corrupt cop

The Sinners Mark Hamish Hamilton a work of imaginative grandeurTreason, heresy and revolt in Queen Elizabeth's England . . . The year is 1600. With a dying queen on the throne, war raging on the high seas and famine on the rise, England is on the brink of chaos. And in London's dark alleyways, a conspiracy is brewing. In the court's desperate bid to silence it, an innocent man is found guilty the father of Nicholas Shelby, physician and spy. As Nicholas races against time to save his father, he and his wife