Christopher Marlowe must discover who murdered the queen's spymaster
in this absorbing historical mystery.
April, 1590. The queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, is dead,
leaving a dangerous power vacuum. His former right hand man, Nicholas
Faunt, believes he was poisoned and has ordered Kit Marlowe to discover
who killed him.
To find the answers, Marlowe must consult the leading scientists and
thinkers in the country. 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, Marlowe
must devise an impossibly ingenious plan.