Cover reveal for Seething Lane by Jack Jewers
Samuel Pepys is back in the newest mystery by Jack Jewers, author of Sunday Times historical fiction pick of the year, The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys, and we can now reveal the fantastic cover! Designed by the brilliant Dominic Forbes, it features contemporary 17th century engravings including Covent Garden and the Drury Lane theatre, where a large portion of Sam’s latest adventure takes place. Read on to find out more…
January 1670. London is enduring its worst winter in decades.
But for Samuel Pepys, the darkest days are yet to come.
When a strange young man turns up at his office on Seething Lane asking for help, Samuel Pepys is too distracted to take him seriously. Nell Gwyn is about to make her scandalous return to the stage and he wouldn’t miss it for all the world.
But in the cold of a winter’s dawn, tragedy strikes. Called upon to investigate the brutal murder of a libertine aristocrat, Pepys discovers that the dead man is connected to his mysterious visitor in the most shocking way possible.
A trail of secrets leads Pepys from the backstreets of London to the glamorous world of the theatre, where nothing is quite as it seems. But whatever the dangers, he may find that the deadliest threats lie closer to home…
Seething Lane will be out on 29 May 2026, but it’s available to preorder now from all good bookshops.
