A Play of Knaves
โ Scribed by Margaret Frazer
- Publisher
- Penguin Group US;Berkley Prime Crime
- Year
- 2010;2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 155 KB
- Edition
- Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
In the spring of 1435, Joliffe and his fellow players are sent to the village of Ashewell not only to stage plays, but to uncover some dark secrets about the town's three wealthy families: the Ashewells, the Medcotes, and the Gosyns. A rivalry has been brewing among the families, entangling the entire town in a web of seduction, deception, and blackmail.
Matters go beyond the breaking point when someone turns to murder to settle their grievances. And if one murder is good, why not another? If all the world is a stage, then it's up to Joliffe to bring the curtain down on this tragedy--before another man takes his final curtain call...
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