N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1995. 1st edition, June 1995, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE for Best Mystery. An Elizabethan Theater Mystery featuring Nicholas Bracewell. "As Marston's seventh excellent Elizabethan theater mystery (after The Silent Woman) opens, Lord Westfield's Men are performing in the yard of the Queen's Head when the lead character misses his cue. It's not stage fright: he's dead. Nicholas Bracewell, book holder and sleuth, devises an ingenious way to finish the show, but the company needs a new play fast. A mysterious manuscript called The Roaring Boy arrives; based on a recent scandalous murder, it argues that justice miscarried horribly in the case. From the moment they decide to stage the play, Nicholas and his troupe are embroiled in a real-life drama involving beatings, murders, treason, torture, incest, arson, blooming love and a ghastly toothache. Marston's colorful (and convincing) characterizations shine as Nicholas chases the secrets of the murder in order to save the company. The plot, except for one transparently finagled episode, is expertly wrought, with the suspense building steadily to a breathtaking climax and some surprises saved for the very end." --- Publishers Weekly. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

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Bookseller: Murder By The Book (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 015374
Title: THE ROARING BOY **EDGAR AWARD FINALIST**
Author: Marston, Edward
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0312131550
ISBN 13: 9780312131555
Publisher: St Martins Press
Place of Publication: N.Y.
Date Published: 1995
Keywords: MYSTERY, CRIME, HISTORICAL, ELIZABETHAN THEATRE, BRACEWELL NICHOLAS FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION
Bookseller catalogs: Theater;

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