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Murder Most Foul

By: Guy Jenkin
Narrated by: Claire Skinner, Hugh Dennis
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Murder Most Foul is a dark, witty and fast-paced novel, from one of Britain’s best-loved screenwriters.
It’s 1593, Elizabeth I is Queen and everyone is terrified of the worst outbreak of plague in a generation. Shakespeare has only written six plays and is lagging behind his friend Christopher Marlowe, London’s leading playwright.

When Marlowe is stabbed to death in mysterious circumstances, rumours abound—but the one that won’t go away is that Shakespeare did it to remove his greatest rival. Will is determined to clear his name, and teams up with his old flame, Marlowe’s sister Ann, who has plenty of secrets of her own.

In their search to solve the crime, Will and Ann uncover a dark world of treachery, murder, and corruption—which in turn provides Shakespeare with scenes and characters which will appear in his greatest plays.

©2025 Guy Jenkin (P)2025 W. F. Howes Ltd
Historical Historical Fiction Mystery Renaissance Crime Murder Witty
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Guy Jenkin has written some of the funniest TV in programmes like Drop The Dead Donkey so I had high hopes for this and I wasn’t disappointed. It’s clever and funny. What more could you ask? I was rather worried the male narrator would spoil it but it turns out he’s a better reader than actor thankfully.

Witty and funny.

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