Paperback edition of the 5th book in the series set in Elizabethan England, and featuring John Shakespeare, brother of William, as an official investigator. When one of England's spies is horribly murdered, John wonders if Thomasyn Jade, a girl driven to madness by the rituals of exorcism, is involved. 'Rory Clements again brings to life the dark side of Elizabethan England' }Daily Mail For fans of CJ Sansom and SJ Parris, THE HERETICS is the fifth in Rory Clements' acclaimed and bestselling John Shakespeare series of Tudor spy thrillers. Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award, 'does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times