Aspiring playwright William Shakespeare and a would-be thespian become
sleuths during their London debut in a case of matrimony, mayhem and
possible murder. Symington Smythe, a would-be thespian and fledgling
dramatist Will Shakespeare meet in a tavern on the road to London and
become travel companions and fast friends. Once in London, they wheedle
their way into a company of players and wind up in the middle of
romance, mystery and intrigue. Shakespeare and Smythe join the ranks of
Wolfe and Goodwin, Holmes and Watson, and at times Abbott and Costello,
as a lighthearted pair of amateur detectives stumbling in and out of
danger and using their wits to survive both the comspiracies at hand
and the cutthroat business of the Elizabethan theater.