The Mad Courtesan

Nicholas Bracewell, Book 5

By: Edward Marston

Narrated by: Andrew Wincott

A vicious rivalry threatens to cause chaos for Lord Westfield’s Men when the onstage duels between Owen Elias and Sebastian Carrick become ever more realistic. However, it is an axe that splits open Sebastian's head one night in a Clerkenwell alley.

Company book holder Nicholas Bracewell, accustomed to damage control, begins to investigate the victim's death and learns that in life, he was prone to make enemies from his weakness for women and his unwillingness to settle his debts. A web of deception has in fact been spun that stretches from lowly to high ranking courtesans, all the way to the Virgin Queen.

©2014 Edward Marston (P)2014 Soundings

Critic reviews

"Edward Marston is a master of his craft." (Daily Mail)

The Best Yet

This series definitely has been growing on me and this was the best offering yet. The set-up and interweaving of multiple plot lines was seamless and brought together at the right moment by a master storyteller. Intrigue, history and violence find balance in farce and near slapstick comedy.

Excellent!

You just never know what will happen! Nimbus, a talented horse takes the stage! Seriously a terrible death and the search for a vile murderer who is not working alone. Great