Looking for Cardenio
Author: Jean Rae Baxter
Cardenio, a play by William
Shakespeare, has been missing since 1613. If recovered,
it would be worth a fortune - and the chance to re-introduce
it to the world would be the chance of a lifetime.
Dr. Deirdre Gunn, a scholar wanting to redeem her reputation
– and in need of money – is offered that chance
when an old classmate shows up and offers her a centuries-old
manuscript that may just be the long-lost treasure. Deirdre
is seldom able to resist temptation (either in the academic
world or in the bedroom) and she takes the bait. But then
a murder is committed, and Deirdre sets out to find the
killer before the police pin the crime on her. She becomes
entangled in a four-hundred-year-old mystery, and soon realizes
her own life is in danger.
A Canadian author who turned to fiction after a career
in education, Jean Rae Baxter has an equal interest in history
and in mystery. She brings them together in this novel.
Looking for Cardenio has a contemporary
setting, but looks back to Shakespeare's time and to the
turbulent scene before the Puritans closed the theatres
in 1642.
"Baxter sets a plot that
skillfully integrates frailty, sex and greed – conditions
that affect so much of life. She's a polished storyteller
and writes with precision and good timing. She has a good
ear for dialogue, relationships that develop within the
twists and revelations of plot and descriptions that summon
the reader into the action. Looking for
Cardenio is a novel that does its job with flair."
~ Don Graves, Hamilton Spectator
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