Thomas Chaloner Books in Order

With Cromwell dead and the Commonwealth collapsing, former spy Thomas Chaloner needs work and protection. Clarendon's offer looks timely, until a search for buried gold uncovers murder and darker secrets.

A wealthy merchant is brutally killed after dining with powerful men, and Chaloner is sent to investigate. The trail leads toward White Hall, the king's circle, and enemies who would rather kill again than talk.

London's rival newsmen are at war, with handwritten newsletters battling official newsbooks for influence. When their feud turns lethal, Chaloner uncovers a plot built on lies, power, and public opinion.

The death of notorious iconoclast Dick Culmer points Chaloner toward a band of Puritan plotters. If he cannot move faster than they do, their rebellion will end in spectacular violence.

A murdered Treasury official looks like a simple office crime to everyone but Chaloner. His search for the real killer drags him into a filthy world of profit, corruption, and men who protect both.

Peace talks with Dutch delegates are thrown into crisis when one of them is murdered in London. Chaloner must solve the crime before hardliners on both sides turn it into war.

Fresh from an assignment in Tangier, Chaloner reaches London just in time to witness a murder. His inquiries lead through stolen corpses, official killings, and a plot to frame the queen for treason.

A gunpowder blast outside the General Letter Office and a strange bird poisoning in St James's Park seem unrelated at first. Chaloner soon learns both cases point to the same dangerous conspiracy.

A dead courtier at Temperance's club draws Chaloner into the orbit of the Fifth Monarchists. The case widens into a threat that could shake the monarchy itself.

A wealthy vintner's suicide and a goldsmith-banker's murder alarm London's financial elite. Sent to investigate, Chaloner finds deceit, panic, and plague moving through the city together.

A theft from an asylum takes Chaloner to what should be a quiet village assignment. Instead he finds mounting murders, Dutch prisoners, and suspects on all sides.

Back in plague-ridden London, Chaloner is asked to investigate a corpse that has been dead for twenty years. The trail leads to St Paul's Cathedral and a fight over its future that may claim fresh lives.

After victory over the Dutch at Lowestoft, a murdered physician and the deaths of twenty sailors land on Chaloner's desk. He has to decide whether he is facing foreign spies, palace sabotage, or betrayal from within.

A courtier's death is ruled natural, but Clarendon orders Chaloner to treat it as murder. His search leads to the Cockpit Club, a fashionable soothsayer, and danger from some very well-connected people.

London is recovering from plague when a series of killings linked to the Poulters' Company sets Chaloner on edge. Rumor, religious extremism, and a possible plot against the throne give him almost no time to act.