Much Ado About Murder

Who hath done it? Shakespeare was the master of fiendish plots, devious motives, and murderous passions. But have you ever wondered what might happen to all those fascinating characters after the lights go down? Or what fate has in store for the audience, the players, or the author?

New York Times bestselling authors Anne Perry and Jeffery Deaver, Ellis Award-winner Peter Robinson, and a stellar cast of today’s finest mystery authors have come up with a few rapier-sharp answers of their own – but whatever your poison, each story assures us that Shakespeare lives one… and the rest of us are quite mortal indeed.

Contents:
All the world’s a stage / Jeffery Deaver —
Those are pearls that were his eyes / Carole Nelson Douglas —
The fall of the house of Oldenborg / Robert Barnard —
Jack hath not his Jill / Sharan Newman —
Gracious silence / Gillian Linscott —
A dish of poison / Lillian Stewart Carl —
Too many cooks / Marcia Talley —
Squinting at death / Edward Marston —
Exit, pursued / Simon Brett —
Richard’s children / Brendan DuBois —
This world’s eternity / Margaret Frazer —
Cleo’s asp / Edward D. Hoch —
Much ado about murder / Kathy Lynn Emerson —
The serpent’s tooth / P.C. Doherty —
The duke’s wife / Peter Robinson —
Let the game begin / Peter Tremayne —
Ere I killed thee / Anne Perry.