Click review title to read full review

"Strong amateur sleuth historical mystery"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted July 9, 2004

Thanks to Dame Frevisse, (see the SERVANT'S TALE) Joliffe and his fellow thespians (Basses, his daughter Rose, her son Piers and their friend Ellis) ply their trade in England of 1434 though they have no patron. This wandering troupe lives to act no matter the hardship. They are Read more...

"Excellent medieval mystery."
Reviewed by Anne Barringer
Posted July 20, 2004

The patronless Joliffe and his happy troop of thespians believe they have been blessed from above when they are enthusiastically encouraged to spend the next couple nights performing for Lewis Fairfield and his guardian, Richard Penteney, as guests at their estate. The Penteneys are a very wealthy and powerful merchant Read more...

Summary

From the author of the Dame Frevisse Medieval Mysteries, The player Joliffe takes center stage as a sleuth in the first mystery of a brand new series. When his band of traveling players are taken in by a patron, Joliffe and company find that murder has taken their place in the spotlight—and it's up to them to catch a killer in the act.