Eleventh Hour: A Tudor mystery featuring Christopher Marlowe (The Kit Marlowe Mysteries #8)

By: M. J. Trow

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Synopsis: Christopher Marlowe plays the role of sleuth to discover who killed the queen&’s spymaster in this &“bawdy, witty . . . historically informed&” Elizabethan mystery (Kirkus Reviews). April, 1590. When the queen&’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, dies of a stroke, the sudden event leaves a dangerous power vacuum in her majesty&’s court. Walsingham&’s former right-hand man, Nicholas Faunt, believes he was poisoned. And he calls upon the poet and playwright Christopher &“Kit&” Marlowe to discover who killed him. To get to the bottom of this perplexing mystery, Kit must consult England&’s leading scientists and thinkers. But as he questions the members of the so-called School of Night, the playwright-turned-spy becomes convinced that at least one of them is hiding a deadly secret. If he is to outwit the most enquiring minds in Europe and unmask the killer within, Kit must devise an impossibly ingenious plan. Good thing he has a knack for formulating plots. &“As always, Trow provides fascinating period authenticity, a crackling plot, strong characters, and plenty of twists.&” —Booklist