{"product_id":"9780007481187_the-secret-dead-a-novella","title":"The Secret Dead: A Novella","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePerfect for fans of C.J. Sansom.\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA short story featuring Giordano Bruno: heretic, philosopher and spy, from Parris’s \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEven the dead have a story to tell…\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaples, 1566. During a sweltering summer, eighteen-year-old Giordano Bruno takes his final vows at San Domenico Maggiore and is admitted to the Dominican Order – despite doubts over his tendency to ask difficult questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssisting in the infirmary, Bruno witnesses an illicit autopsy performed on the body of a young woman. Her corpse reveals a dark secret, and Bruno suspects that hers may not have been an accidental death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis investigation leads him to a powerful figure who wants to keep the truth buried – and Bruno is forced to make a choice between his future in the Order, and justice for an innocent victim and her grieving family…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note that this story, along with two other Giordano Bruno novellas, will be published as a 3-in-1 collection called \u003cem\u003eThe Dead of Winter\u003c\/em\u003e, coming out in Hardback, ebook and audio in November 2020.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePraise for S. J. Parris:\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘It has everything – intrigue, mystery and excellent history’ \u003cstrong\u003eKate Mosse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Impossible to resist’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFascinating … The period is incredibly vivid and the story utterly gripping’ \u003cstrong\u003eConn Iggulden\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A brilliantly unusual glimpse at the intrigues surrounding Queen Elizabeth I’ \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ashes of London\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Parris writes with confident ease of Tudor London’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Full of surprises’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"S. J. Parris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284833976469,"sku":"9780007481187","price":2.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007481187.jpg?v=1776992070","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007481187_the-secret-dead-a-novella","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}