Firedrake's Eye (Elizabethan Noir Trilogy)

David Becket is an ex-soldier and sword-master down on his luck. Simon Ames is a scrawny code-breaker working for Walsingham, the Elizabeth M. He's also a Jew. They meet when Becket bails Ames out of what looks like a random attack down an alleyway off Fleet Street. But an English Catholic assassin has been sent by the King of Spain to kill Elizabeth I and Tom O'Bedlam, a madman, seems to know more than he should about the matter. As the date for the Queen's death draws near, both men must risk everything to stop the killing. Which of them will die?