Book Review: The Barrister and the Letter of Marque

The Barrister and the Letter of Marque

by Todd M. Johnson

Pub Date 03 Aug 2021

Bethany House, Bethany House Publishers

Christian | Historical Fiction | Mystery & Thrillers

I am reviewing a copy of The Barrister and the Letter of Marque through Bethany House Publishers and Netgalley:

William Snopes has witnessed firsthand the danger of only the wealthy having their voices heard, as a barrister and London and he’s a strong advocate who defends the poorer classes against the powerful. But that all changes the day a struggling heiress, Lady Madeleine Jameson, arrives at his door.

In a last minute effort to save her faltering estate, Lady Jameson invested in a merchant brig, the Padget. The ship was granted a rare privilege by the king’s regent: a Letter of Marque authorizing the captain to seize the cargo of French traders operating illegally in the Indian Sea. But when the Padget returns to London her crew is met by soldiers ready to take possession of their goods and arrest the captain for piracy. And the Letter the sole proof his actions were legal has mysteriously vanished.

Snopes takes the case., Moved by the lady’s distress, intrigued by the Letter, and goaded by an opposing solicitor, Snopes takes the case. But as he digs into the mystery he learns that the forces arrayed against Lady Jameson, and now himself, are even more perilous than he’d imagined.

I give The Barrister and the Letter of the Marquee five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!