The Shakespeare Secret
Number 1 in series
$40.70
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2008
Summary
A modern serial killer - hunting an ancient secret. A woman is left to die as the rebuilt Globe theatre burns. Another woman is drowned like Ophelia, skirts swirling in the water. A professor has his throat slashed open on the steps of Washington s Capitol building. A deadly serial killer is on the loose, modelling his murders on Shakespeare s plays. But why is he killing? And how can he be stopped?
A gripping, shocking page turner, THE SHAKESPEARE SECRET masterfully combines modern m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751540352 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0751540358 |
| Author: | J.L. Carrell |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2008 |
| Weight: | 334g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 171mm x 34mm |
| Series: | Kate Stanley |
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Plot twists worthy of The Da Vinci Code dominate this agile first novel from Carrell…this spirited and action-packed novel delivers constant excitement.
Plot twists worthy of The Da Vinci Code dominate this agile first novel from Carrell…this spirited and action-packed novel delivers constant excitement. - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“a gripping page-turner, an erudite account of contemporary Bard scholarship and the plays and poems that made Mr Shakespeare, whoever he was, the man he is today. Perfect” Daily Express - “a hide-and-seek chase of murder and mayhem…Carrell omits [Dan Brown’s] ridiculous howlers but follows his penchant for twists, turns and incessant“It’s the Da Vinci Code on steroids and would be banned if it were an athlete… An intelligent, thought-provoking, highly readable and extremely fast-paced whodunit spanning four centuries” Daily Sport - “her extensive research is both accurate and impressive” RTE GuideAbout The Author
J.L. Carrell
J L Carrell has a PhD in English and American literature from Harvard and has taught the History and Literature programme at the prestigious university - as well as directing Shakespeare for Harvard’s Hyperion Theatre Company.
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