Elizabethan Theater Books in Order

When an actor in Lord Westfield's Men is murdered, company bookholder Nicholas Bracewell promises to find the killer. Further mishaps suggest a conspiracy against the Elizabethan troupe, just as an appearance at court raises the stakes.

An unexpected third devil appears during a performance by Lord Westfield's Men, disturbing actors and audience alike. When another performer is murdered, Nicholas Bracewell investigates amid religious fanaticism, superstition, and threats to his theatrical company.

Plague closes London's theatres, sending Lord Westfield's Men on tour after one of their players is murdered. Nicholas Bracewell manages the troubled journey while a rival troupe steals their material and further dangers threaten the company.

Nicholas Bracewell discovers a corpse in the Thames while his theatrical company risks losing its London home. An apprentice's violent trauma and missing memories add another puzzle, drawing Bracewell into connected troubles onstage and off.

Rivalry between actors Owen Elias and Sebastian Carrick unsettles Lord Westfield's Men, then Carrick is found murdered. Nicholas Bracewell investigates his debts and romantic entanglements, uncovering a web of deception reaching beyond the theatrical company.

Fire drives Lord Westfield's Men out of their London theatre, while a messenger from Nicholas Bracewell's home county is poisoned. Bracewell returns toward Devon with the struggling troupe, facing unresolved business and a threatening journey.

Westfield's Men receive an anonymous play concerning a man executed for murder, but staging it threatens powerful interests. Bookholder Nicholas Bracewell investigates the story behind the script while trying to protect a theatre company already struggling with death and disappointing performances.

A rival choir master is found hanged, drawing Nicholas Bracewell into a case connected with children's theatrical performances. Meanwhile, a difficult playwright unsettles Westfield's Men, and Nicholas must handle the company's troubles alongside a murder investigation and complications in his private life.

Westfield's Men escape plague in London by accepting an invitation to perform in Bohemia. Nicholas Bracewell carries a private commission on the journey, but a fellow actor's murder raises the possibility that Nicholas himself was the intended victim.

Political restrictions and trouble with their landlord threaten Westfield's Men's livelihood, prompting plans for a theatre of their own. When the man securing their funding is found dead beneath timber, Nicholas Bracewell must investigate before the company's prospects collapse.

Westfield's Men secure winter work performing at an Essex manor, where their engagement includes taking on a new apprentice. Illness disrupts the actors, and a death among the audience turns Nicholas Bracewell's task of managing the company into another murder inquiry.

Young actor Frank Quilter believes his father has been wrongly convicted of murder, and Nicholas Bracewell agrees to investigate. As Frank's grief threatens performances by Westfield's Men, Nicholas searches for evidence behind the testimony that sent his father to the gallows.

After Barnaby Gill breaks his leg, Westfield's Men tour Kent with an unruly replacement clown. When the substitute is murdered and their leading actor abducted, Nicholas Bracewell must uncover who is attacking the troupe before its performances and survival unravel.

Nicholas Bracewell befriends a young beggar who earns money by pretending to suffer seizures. When the young man is murdered inside Bridewell, Nicholas adopts a beggar's disguise to enter the institution and investigate the circumstances of his death.

Practical jokes against Westfield's Men turn deadly when an actor is murdered during a performance. A stolen script and an abducted apprentice compound the company's troubles, leaving Nicholas Bracewell to discover who is trying to destroy the troupe.

A fire leaves Westfield's Men without their London theatre, so they accompany their patron to Denmark for his proposed marriage. Murder at Elsinore turns the visit dangerous, and Nicholas Bracewell must navigate court intrigue while protecting the travelling company.