Title: A play of Isaac
Description: The year is 1434, and preparations are under way for the Corpus Christi festival in Oxford, England. Plays are a traditional part of the celebration, and Joliffe and the rest of his troupe are to perform Isaac and Abraham. Until then, their theatrical antics are in demand by a wealthy merchant who offers them an opportunity to ply their trade for room and board.

But when the body of a murdered man is found outside the barn door where the troupe is lodging, Joliffe must raise the curtain on the merchant's mysterious past and uncover the startling truth behind a murder most foul...
Subjects: Fiction, History, Joliffe (Fictitious character : Frazer), Actors, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Places: Great Britain
Time periods: Lancaster and York, 1399-1485