Interred with Their Bones (Kate Stanley, Bk 1)
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Hardcover
Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth are just a few among the many classic plays from the famous William Shakespeare. But on the title pages of a few of those masterpieces, should his name be followed by "et al"?
This is the question raised in Carrell's Interred with Their Bones. As Kate Stanley, a theatre director and Shakespeare fanatic, takes the mystery of her friend Roz's murder into her own hands, she spans the world over for secrets not sought in hundreds of years. This adventure, stirred by a gift from Roz of a flowered brooch and a cryptic message, takes Kate to Massachusetts, Arizona, London, Utah, among other locations, all most unusual to seek the truth of rumors surrounding Shakespeare's works and whether he actually wrote them.
Oh, did I mention a killer is trying to sabotage Kate's discoveries? Oh, yes, and they leave quite a mess in their wake, stealing copies of Shakespeare's 'First Folio' and setting the buildings that housed them aflame.
To those relatively unfamiliar with Shakespeare's works and the read-between-the-lines meanings (myself included), the story might seem a bit difficult to follow, but the heart-pounding action and friend-or-foe suspense will help you hang in there. Carrell's writing is smooth and masterful, willing along brilliantly conceived characters with hidden agendas and motives.
Romance buffs won't find anything worth their time in the partner-in-crime relationships of Kate and pals Ben and Sir Henry, though a slight attraction between Kate and Ben is touched on sparsely throughout the book.
If you found yourself gripped and mystified by The Da Vinci Code, Bones will be a definite favorite. For, as Shakespeare (or so we think) said in Sonnet 23:
"O! let my looks be then the eloquence,
And dumb presagers of my speaking breast,
Who plead for love, and look for recompense,
More than that tongue that more hath more express'd."
Not really sure what it means, but it sure sounds intelligent enough, doesn't it?
This is the question raised in Carrell's Interred with Their Bones. As Kate Stanley, a theatre director and Shakespeare fanatic, takes the mystery of her friend Roz's murder into her own hands, she spans the world over for secrets not sought in hundreds of years. This adventure, stirred by a gift from Roz of a flowered brooch and a cryptic message, takes Kate to Massachusetts, Arizona, London, Utah, among other locations, all most unusual to seek the truth of rumors surrounding Shakespeare's works and whether he actually wrote them.
Oh, did I mention a killer is trying to sabotage Kate's discoveries? Oh, yes, and they leave quite a mess in their wake, stealing copies of Shakespeare's 'First Folio' and setting the buildings that housed them aflame.
To those relatively unfamiliar with Shakespeare's works and the read-between-the-lines meanings (myself included), the story might seem a bit difficult to follow, but the heart-pounding action and friend-or-foe suspense will help you hang in there. Carrell's writing is smooth and masterful, willing along brilliantly conceived characters with hidden agendas and motives.
Romance buffs won't find anything worth their time in the partner-in-crime relationships of Kate and pals Ben and Sir Henry, though a slight attraction between Kate and Ben is touched on sparsely throughout the book.
If you found yourself gripped and mystified by The Da Vinci Code, Bones will be a definite favorite. For, as Shakespeare (or so we think) said in Sonnet 23:
"O! let my looks be then the eloquence,
And dumb presagers of my speaking breast,
Who plead for love, and look for recompense,
More than that tongue that more hath more express'd."
Not really sure what it means, but it sure sounds intelligent enough, doesn't it?
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