Synopsis
Amazon reviewers love The Scarlet Code!
'A rollicking good tale'
'Thoroughly enjoyable, highly recommend'
'Exciting, swashbuckling adventure'
'Everything you could want from an adventure thriller: excitement, a fabulously endearing heroine and pirate to fall in love with, a cruel killer and... well-written historical detail. Superb.'
1789. The Bastille has fallen...
As Parisians pick souvenirs from the rubble, a killer stalks the lawless streets. His victims are female aristocrats. His executions use the most terrible methods of the ancient regime.
English spy Attica Morgan is laying low in Paris, helping nobles escape. When her next charge falls victim to the killer's twisted machinations, Attica realises she alone can unmask him. But now it seems his deadly sights are set on her.
As the city prisons empty, and a mob mobilises to storm Versailles, finding a dangerous criminal is never going to be easy. Attica's only hope is to enlist her old ally, reformed pirate Jemmy Avery, to track the killer though his revolutionary haunts. But even with a pirate and her fast knife, it seems Attica might not manage to stay alive.
'A rip-roaring adventure' Tessa Harris on The Bastille Spy
Publisher information
- Publisher: Atlantic Books
- ISBN: 9781786498489
- Number of pages: 400
- Dimensions: 196 x 131 x 29 mm
- Languages: English
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A grilling read
I read this book in 2 days. The story is gripping both in terms of the historical tale and in the convoluted love story.
I have not read the first book ... READ MORE
Fast paced, gripping and unique
While I had the knowledge that this was not the very first book, it did not stop me enjoying this one and in fact I cannot wait to read the first one in th... READ MORE
Excellent read
Only have read a few pages of this book so far will I really enjoy it. can't wait to read more of this book it seems very interesting and has a good part o... READ MORE
A enjoyable romp into adventure
This was enjoyable for me, as I like Historical Fiction, but, I do seem to have the terrible habit of choosing and reading a book that is part of a series ... READ MORE
Fast paced and exciting
Attica Morgan works as a spy, the Bastille has fallen and she is trying to rescue nobles from Madame La Guillotine's blade.
Yet someone knows what she is d... READ MORE
Excellent sequel
Having read the first book, The Bastille Spy and really enjoying it, I was really looking forward to reading this book as the follow up. I was definitely n... READ MORE
Action-packed historical adventure
The Scarlet Code is the second book in C. S. Quinn’s Revolutionary Spy series featuring female spy and trained assassin, Attica Morgan. It was published as... READ MORE
Loved it
The Bastille Spy is a fantastic book so I was really looking forward the follow up. I can undoubtedly say, I was definitely not disappointed! A fantastic r... READ MORE
Brilliant revolutionary romp
Attica Morgan is a spy helping nobles escape Paris at the time of the fall of the Bastille.
But someone suspects her and is killing her targets ahead of he... READ MORE
A Revolutionary Adventure
Ever since the fall of the Bastille, Paris has been a different place. The people still starve and die on the street but there is a newfound confidence, th... READ MORE
An exciting and gripping adventure!
The Scarlet Code, is an exceptional additional to The Bastille Spy series, and I enjoyed this sequel just as much as the first one. I love how the history ... READ MORE
Female 007 of the 1700,s
Traverse and poignant style that covers the stance against slavery using our heroine Attica Morgan, her African heritage giving her a versatile look that e... READ MORE
Great Series
I really enjoyed the first book in this series "The Bastille Spy" written by C.S.Quin and just couldn't put it down, so I was delighted to find she had wri... READ MORE
The Revolution Comes
The Revolution Comes.
Book two in the Attica Morgan series and what a book it was! Book two sees Attica and Jemmy caught between the revolutionary zeal of ... READ MORE
I was Hooked!
Initially I was wary of this book as it wasn't normally my 'type' of book being historical fiction. However, by chapter two I was hooked and ate my words v... READ MORE
brilliant
Despite this novel being the second book in the series you don't need to have read the first in order to follow the story. I do also recommend the first no... READ MORE
I loved the historic blend
I was again surprised to enjoy this genre. I studied history so I’m not unfamiliar with the revolution and the unnecessary suffering it created. I really l... READ MORE
Brilliant revolutionary romp
Attica Morgan is a spy helping nobles escape Paris at the time of the fall of the Bastille.
But someone suspects her and is killing her targets ahead of he... READ MORE
I enjoyed this book!
I did not realise until a few chapters into the book that this was the second book in the series. I chose not to read the first in the series before contin... READ MORE
Fantastic Adventure Tale
This book is written in the time following the French Revolution and is set mainly in Paris and Versailles. The history side is intriguing but it is writt... READ MORE
Brilliant
I could hardly put this book down! I loved the first book ‘The Bastille Spy’ and was excited to read The Scarlet Code, and it did not disappoint.
The plo... READ MORE
A superb, thrilling adventure....
Now and again a book comes along that reads like watching a movie and this one “The Scarlet Code” by C S Quinn fits that bill perfectly. Had it been on the... READ MORE
Terrific Adventure Story!
On 14 July 1789, the state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a sy... READ MORE
Great thriller
The Scarlet Code is not a book I would normally have picked by looking at the cover, however this had me gripped from the beginning. This is a fab book whi... READ MORE