This is the story of Justin de Quincy who, after finding himself jobless, hears a call for help. When he answers the man is dying and the murderers take off. The dying an tells Justin that he has a letter for the queen that is urgent and must get to her. Justin takes the letter to the queen and ends up in her service trying to find out who murdered the man to prevent him from getting the letter to her. But who can he trust when the Queens own son may be plotting against her.
This was a very fast paced murder mystery set i the 1190s. I found it to be accurate historically and the afterword at the back of the book tells what the author too liberty with and what was fact and what she made up.