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Plume
September 2008
On Sale: August 26, 2008
432 pages ISBN: 0452289890 EAN: 9780452289895 Paperback
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βA feverishly paced action adventureβ (The New York Times) about a long-lost Shakespeare work and a killer who reenacts the Bardβs most bloody murders
Jennifer Lee Carrellβs highly acclaimed debut novel is a brilliant, breathlessly paced literary adventure. The action begins on the eve of the Globeβs production of Hamlet when Shakespeare scholar and theater director Kate Stanleyβs eccentric mentor Rosalind Howard gives her a mysterious box, claiming to have made a groundbreaking discovery. Before she can reveal it to Kate, the Globe is burned to the ground and Roz is found deadβ¦murdered precisely in the manner of Hamletβs father.
Inside the box Kate finds the first piece in a Shakespearean puzzle, setting her on a deadly, highstakes treasure hunt. From London to Harvard to the American West, Kate races to evade a killer and solve a tantalizing string of clues hidden in the words of Shakespeare, which may unlock one of historyβs greatest secrets.
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