aA feverishly paced action adventurea ("The New York Times") about a long-lost Shakespeare work and a killer who reenacts the Bardas most bloody murders Jennifer Lee Carrellas highly acclaimed debut novel is a brilliant, breathlessly paced literary adventure. The action begins on the eve of the Globeas production of Hamlet when Shakespeare scholar and theater director Kate Stanleyas eccentric mentor Rosalind Howard gives her a mysterious box, claiming to have made a groundbreaking discovery. Before she can reveal it to Kate, the Globe is burned to the ground and Roz is found deada]murdered precisely in the manner of Hamletas father. Inside the box Kate finds the first piece in a Shakespearean puzzle, setting her on a deadly, highstakes treasure hunt. From London to Harvard to the American West, Kate races to evade a killer and solve a tantalizing string of clues hidden in the words of Shakespeare, which may unlock one of historyas greatest secrets.

珍妮弗·李·卡雷尔（Jennifer LeeCarrell），生于1962 年，美国作家，已出版三部小说，先后就读于斯坦福、牛津等名校，最终获得哈佛大学英语文学博士学位，是学界享有盛誉的莎士比亚研究专家。

《莎士比亚谜案》是她的第二部小说，融深厚的学术功底、对文学历史的激情与惊险刺激、悬念迭生的情节为一体，风格颇似风靡一时的丹·布朗的《达·芬奇密码》。