A Mystery of Errors (Shakespeare and Smythe 1)

Aspiring playwright William Shakespeare and a would-be thespian become sleuths during their London debut in a case of matrimony, mayhem and possible murder. Symington Smythe, a would-be thespian and fledgling dramatist Will Shakespeare meet in a tavern on the road to London and become travel companions and fast friends. Once in London, they wheedle their way into a company of players and wind up in the middle of romance, mystery and intrigue. Shakespeare and Smythe join the ranks of Wolfe and Goodwin, Holmes and Watson, and at times Abbott and Costello, as a lighthearted pair of amateur detectives stumbling in and out of danger and using their wits to survive both the comspiracies at hand and the cutthroat business of the Elizabethan theater. Symington Smythe
An ostler and aspiring thespian.

Will Shakespeare
A fledgling dramatist.

Two travelers meet at a roadside inn and decide to cast their lots together for fame and fortune in the cutthroat world of the London theatre in Elizabethan England...but neither was prepared for their offstage encounter with A Mystery of Errors. When a backer's daughter is double-crossed by a would-be suitor, the reluctant bride turns to the ostler and the playwright for help. Little does anyone realize that these simple affairs of the heart and an arranged marriage will lead to a vast web of conspiracy, mistaken identity, and murder that finds the playwright targeted for assassination and the ostler hopelessly in love.

But such matters are routine in A Mystery of Errors, where Shakespeare in Love meets the Brother Cadfael mysteries of Ellis Peters.

Symington Smythe and Will Shakespeare meet in a roadside inn, and "simple affairs of the heart and an arranged marriage ... lead to a vast web of conspiracy, mistaken identity, and murder that finds the playwright targeted for assassination and the ostler hopelessly in love."--Jacket Symington Smythe and Will Shakespeare meet at a tavern on the road to London and become travel companions and fast friends. They wheedle their way into a compnay of players and wind up in the middle of romance, mystery and intrigue.