The queen's half-sister, Ursula Stannard, returns to solve another Tudor mystery in this page-turning tale of suspicious riches, murder and hidden treasures - can she find the golden cargoes?--

Journeying to the side of her young ward, who has angered the queen with her infatuations with the married men at court, Ursula Blanchard receives a new mission to spy on Mary, Queen of Scots, at the castle where she is imprisoned.