Book description
First in the thrilling new Kit Marlowe historical mystery series -
Cambridge, 1583. About to graduate from Corpus Christi, the young
Christopher Marlowe spends his days studying and his nights carousing
with old friends. But when one of them is discovered lying dead in his
King's College room, mouth open in a silent scream, Marlowe refuses to
accept the official verdict of suicide. Calling on the help of his
mentor, Sir Roger Manwood, Justice of the Peace, and the queen's magus,
Dr John Dee, a poison expert, Marlowe sets out to prove that his friend
was murdered.