The Intelligencer

U.S. Historical Fiction

Author: Leslie Silbert

London, 1593: It is three weeks before the murder of Christopher Marlowe, playwright and spy in Queen Elizabeth I’s secret service — a crime that remains unsolved to this day. Marlowe is hoping to find his missing muse as he sets off on a new intelligence assignment…and closes in on the secret that will seal his fate. New York City, present day: Renaissance scholar tur….Read More

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