Faye Kellerman: The Quality of Mercy (UK 2019)

From the Publisher:
A thrilling story set in Elizabethan London, from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman

One wrong move could lead to death...
1593. Rebecca Lopez, daughter of Queen Elizabeth's physician, enjoys a seemingly privileged life at Court. Yet she guards a dangerous secret. She is Jewish - and her forbidden faith could bring her downfall at any moment.

One night, infuriated by the restrictions imposed upon her, she slips out of her household, disguised as a boy. There she crosses paths with a dashing and daring young man - a young man by the name of Will Shakespeare.

As a dutiful Jewish daughter, Rebecca never considered falling in love with such an unsuitable man. But as she and Will become ensnared in a dangerous web of intrigue, secrets and murder, they must protect each other if they are to escape alive.

Faye Kellerman: The Quality of Mercy. HarperCollins, ISBN: 9780008293543 (April, 2019), eBook, 1.30 MB (ca. 400 p.), £4.99.

Faye Kellerman: The Quality of Mercy (USA 2009)

From the Publisher:
Rebecca Lopez enjoys a life of privilege in Elizabeth's England - yet she guards secrets she dares not reveal. The beautiful, tempestuous daughter of the queen's own physician, Rebecca is also a converso - a Jew who practices her prohibited religion clandestinely - helping others of her banned faith escape persecution and death. And her insatiable hunger for excitement often takes her to the bustling streets of London in male garb to experience the kind of adventure available only to men. But one such outing is leading her into a dangerous viper's nest built of intrigue and foul murder in the company of a dashing young actor who inflames her romantic passions, even as he escorts her toward peril, a charming and fearless would-be playwright who calls himself Will Shakespeare.

Faye Kellerman: The Quality of Mercy. William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780061582516 (April, 2009), 580 p., $12.99.

Faye Kellerman: The Quality of Mercy (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
Rebecca Lopez enjoys a life of privilege in Elizabeth's England - yet she guards secrets she dares not reveal. The beautiful, tempestuous daughter of the queen's own physician, Rebecca is also a converso - a Jew who practices her prohibited religion clandestinely - helping others of her banned faith escape persecution and death. And her insatiable hunger for excitement often takes her to the bustling streets of London in male garb to experience the kind of adventure available only to men. But one such outing is leading her into a dangerous viper's nest built of intrigue and foul murder in the company of a dashing young actor who inflames her romantic passions, even as he escorts her toward peril, a charming and fearless would-be playwright who calls himself Will Shakespeare.

Faye Kellerman: The Quality of Mercy. Avon Books, ISBN: 0380732696 (February, 2002), 640 p., $7.99.

Faye Kellerman: The Quality of Mercy (UK 1997)

From the Publisher:
An atmospheric and fast-moving historical thriller set in Elizabethan London
1593: Elizabethan London seethes with political and religious intrigue, while across the sea thousands perish in the flames of the Spanish Inquisition. On the surface Roderigo, the Queen's physician, is a loyal subject of the Crown but secretly he and his family are Jewish conversos, hiding their illegal religion. Rebecca, Roderigo's daughter, is torn between her duty - which includes a loveless marriage to a converso - and her fascination with the heady world of Elizabethan London. Slipping out of her household one night, disguised as a man, Rebecca stumbles into a swordfight with someone equally romantic and heedless: Will Shakespeare, an ambitious young dramatist who, like Rebecca, has secrets to conceal and mysteries to unravel. Together, they embark on an adventure that plunges them into the sinks and stews of Elizabethan England - and into the course of history itself...

Faye Kellerman: The Quality of Mercy. Headline Feature, ISBN: 0747257620 (November, 1997), 594 p., £5.99.