Search - Interred with Their Bones (Kate Stanley, Bk 1)

Instead of a male protagonist, it's scholar Kate Stanley's mentor who is killed, because she "found something". Kate, with the help of somewhat mysterious soldier/adventurer companion Ben, finds out that the "something" is one of Shakespeare's lost plays. Mixed in is also the question of who Shakespeare really was, and the unseen protection of another mentor/collector. It's not bad, but did not hold my attention that well. About three-quarters through the book I almost stopped caring.

If you know your Shakespeare well, or are deeply interested in the question of whether it was indeed someone named Shakespeare who wrote the plays, you will probably have much more fun with this book.

A fast-paced, well-written, murder-conspiracy story that jets from the Globe Theatre to Harvard and the deserts of Arizona (with other stops in between). In my opinion a big step up from the Da Vinci Code. Fun read!

I was excited to receive this book because it seemed to be in the area of interest that I love to read. Having read books like The Genesis Secret, Marks of Cain, and the Rossetti Letter, I thought this would be a fast read.

I wanted to like this book so much but I could not finish it. I deeply enjoyed literature in high school and college but was overwhelmed by this book. There were so many names and references I could not keep up with and found myself looking back to remember who was who and what happened. Maybe I was in over my head or maybe it was the book itself that lacked.

Beware: This book was also published as "The Shakespeare Secret" which I didn't realize until I received my PBS copy!