The Nine Giants: An Elizabethan Theater Mystery
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine, fresh, unread as-new copy in equally fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 235 pp. The fourth in this highly entertaining series of mysteries set in Elizabethan England and featuring the acting company Lord Westfield's Men and their book holder/ sleuth Nicholas Bracewell. In this entry, the company's star performer and lead actor Lawrence Firethorne enters a dalliance (as is customary for him( with unforeseen ramifications. One of the troupe's young apprentices is subjected to a horrifying, inexplicable assault; worse, Nicolas and a Themes waterman discover a mangled corpse when ferrying across the river. With all this, the company is also threatened with losing its home when the Queen's Head Inn threatens to change hands. It all unfolds to a richly evocative and suspenseful tale of murder, kidnap, and municipal corruption whose resolution shocks and intrigues. Fine / fine. Item #E34129
ISBN: 0312064268
Price: $17.50