The Silent Woman Book

An errant wind during an outdoor performance at a London theater is just the first of a number of things that ultimately send the Lord Westfield players and company manager Nicholas Bracewell out of town. For Bracewell, it's the poisoning death of a young girl who came with a message for him, an assassin out to kill him and a clear, unspoken message that he must have come his native Devon. Its a message that he answers but it sets him on a path of danger and conflicted emotions and reflections on a past he would rather not review.

Meanwhile, the players have taken their shows on the roads and have met with much success, if it weren't for a scoundrel determined to not only take from them but to embarrass. But the players are made of sterner stuff and soon turn the tables on those against them.

If it were a tale told aboard a ship, it would be a true swashbuckler, but this is a mystery on solid ground. A good story to read and savor.