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Plume
September 2008
On Sale: August 26, 2008
432 pages
ISBN: 0452289890
EAN: 9780452289895
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โA feverishly paced action adventureโ (The New York Times) about a long-lost Shakespeare work and a killer who reenacts the Bardโs most bloody murders
Jennifer Lee Carrellโs highly acclaimed debut novel is a brilliant, breathlessly paced literary adventure. The action begins on the eve of the Globeโs production of Hamlet when Shakespeare scholar and theater director Kate Stanleyโs 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 deadโฆmurdered precisely in the manner of Hamletโs 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 historyโs greatest secrets.
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