Steven Duggan
ASIN: B00TF35EKO
Publisher: Oyster Books
Pages: 50
As Will and Kit’s investigations continue in Helsinore, they learn more about the tragic background to Amleth’s crimes. In doing so, however, they provoke the ire of a shadowy figure who seems determined to ensure that the truth of those events should remain hidden. Both Kit’s skill with a blade and Will’s powers of deduction will be put to the test as they move from ale house to courtly estate, and as further pieces of the puzzle in the forms of Amleth’s letters to Ophelia and revelations about the private lives of Amleth’s father, mother and uncle come to light.
We learn more about Will Shakespeare’s early life and his relationship with Ann, along with detailed accounts of the lot of a jobbing actor on the London stage. Meanwhile, the Lady Ophelia continues to prove an enigmatic and disturbing presence for both our young protagonists... though their reactions to her charms could not ...