Laurence Firethorn, leading actor of Lord Westfield’s Men, arranges a dangerous meeting with the wife of London’s Lord Mayor-elect at the Nine Giants Inn. While his private pursuit creates one source of trouble, the company’s landlord faces an attempt to seize control of the inn that serves as the players’ base.
Nicholas Bracewell is soon confronted by more serious crimes: a young apprentice is brutally assaulted and a mutilated corpse is recovered from the Thames. The separate disturbances converge as London prepares for the annual Lord Mayor’s Show. With civic ceremony, theatrical rivalry and private ambition crowded into the same streets, Nicholas must discover who is using the celebrations to conceal violence.
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