Shakespearean Whodunnits

Twenty new, specially commissioned stories, starring Shakespearean detectives Falstaff, Mark Antony, and Orlando, focus on investigating the dire deeds in Shakespeare's plays--for example, Romeo and Juliet's deaths, Falstaff's setup in The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Cleopatra's suicide. As the Bard would say, Murder most foul.Introduction: Shakespeare's mysteries /​ Mike Ashley King John: When the dead rise up /​ John T. Aquino Richard II: The death of kings /​ Margaret Frazer Henry IV: A villainous company /​ Susanna Gregory Henry V: The death of Falstaff /​ Darrell Schweitzer Henry VI: A serious matter /​ Derek Wilson Richard III: A shadow that dies /​ Mary Reed &​ Eric Mayer Coriolanus: Mother of Rome /​ Molly Brown Timon of Athens: Buried fortune /​ Peter T. Garratt Julius Caesar: Cinna the poet /​ Tom Holt Cymbeline: Imogen /​ Paul Barnett King Lear: Serpent's tooth /​ Martin Edwards Macbeth: Toil and trouble /​ Edward D. Hoch Hamlet: A sea of troubles /​ Steve Lockley A midsummer-night's dream: A midsummer eclipse /​ Stephen Baxter Much ado about nothing: Much ado about something /​ Susan B. Kelly The winter's tale: Who killed Mamillius? /​ Amy Myers Twelfth night: This is Illyria, Lady /​ Kim Newman Romeo and Juliet: Star-crossed /​ Patricia A. McKillip The two gentlemen of Verona: The banished men /​ Keith Taylor The taming of the shrew: The shrewd taming of Lord Thomas /​ Mary Monica Pulver Othello: Not wisely, but too well /​ Louise Cooper As you like it: Murder as you like it /​ F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre The merchant of Venice: the house of Rimmon /​ Cherith Baldry Epilogue: All is true: An ensuing evil /​ Peter Tremayne All the plays: The collaborator /​ Rosemary Aitken