Crimson Rose

Name: Crimson Rose
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: M. J. Trow
ISBN: 9781407972725

Author: M. J. Trow

Series: Kit Marlowe #5

Narrator: M. J. Trow

Unabridged: 8 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 03/01/2018

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

March, 1587. Christopher Marlowe’s play Tamburlaine, has opened at the Rose Theatre. But the play is almost shut down on its opening night. For a member of the audience, Eleanor Merchant, lies dead, hit by a musket ball fired from the stage. The man with his finger on the trigger? A bit-part player named Will Shakespeare. Convinced of Shakespeare’s innocence, Marlowe determines to find out what really happened. When a second body is found floating in the River Thames, it becomes clear that Eleanor Merchant’s death was no accident, and that something deeper and darker is afoot. And why is the Queen’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, taking a close personal interest in the case?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Colin

London, 1587. A new play entitled Tamburlaine opens at the Rose Theatre, but when a member of the audience is murdered, young actor Will Shakespeare is the prime suspect and is thrown into jail. Playwright and part-time spy, Kit Marlowe, knows his friend is innocent and sets out to investigate. But......more

Goodreads review by Anne

I have really enjoyed these Kit Marlowe adventures. It's all a bit tongue in check, humourous and entertaining. Some have mentioned that it's wobbly on facts, and this may well be the case, but it is fiction and I don't see the point of 'checking up'. I also don't worry about the occasional modern p......more

Goodreads review by Dan

Set in London in the 16th Century, it follows a murder mystery against the backdrop of the theatre and when Shakespeare was unknown. For me it was an average thriller, held me enough to finish it enjoyed more of the historical setting than the story itself.......more

Goodreads review by Lynda

Pretty good book. Lots of information about the Elizabethan Era and about the theater at that time. Strange that no one puts on Christopher Marlowes plays but Shakepeare is still in the forefront.......more