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A long-lost work of Shakespeare, newly found.A killer who stages the Bard's extravagant murders as flesh-and-blood realities.A desperate race to find literary gold, and just to stay alive. . . .On the eve of the Globe's production of Hamlet, Shakespeare scholar and theater director Kate Stanley's eccentric mentor Rosalind Howard gives her a mysterious box, claiming to have made a groundbreaking discovery. But before she can reveal it to Kate, the Globe burns to the ground and Roz is found dead . . . murdered precisely in the manner of Hamlet's father. Inside the box Kate finds the first piece…

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Editions

4 editions · 2 languages
  • Ebook · English · 2008
    Penguin Group USA, Inc. · 9781429585101
  • Audiobook · English · 2007
    Penguin Audio · 1 pages · 9780143142393
  • Hardcover · English · 2007
    Dutton Adult · 432 pages · 9780525949701
  • Other · German · 2009
    Die Shakespeare-Morde
    Ullstein · 462 pages · 9783548281223
LiteratureInfluenceDetective and mystery storiesFictionMurderSuspenseAuthorshipDramatic production