{"product_id":"book-guyk","title":"The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Marlowe turns government spy in these four comedy crime dramas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMurder and intrigue are all in a day's work for Kit Marlowe, England's leading playwright and undercover agent in Her Majesty's Secret Service. Amid the squalor and splendour of Elizabethan London, he probes a series of baffling mysteries, aided by his trusty underworld accomplice Bartholomew Ratsbane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Curious Case of the Curs'd Quayside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Two of the navy's finest warships have been mysteriously sunk while moored in harbour. Sent by spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham to investigate, can Marlowe find the saboteur before more ships are scuppered?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Turbulent Tale of the Troubl'd Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Spring, 1590, and the keen-witted spy is faced with two tricky cases. Who has stolen Mighty Meg from the Tower, and why has an unknown patron funded the worst play ever written?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Perplex'd Plot of the Perilous Plague\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Fleeing the epidemic that is ravaging London, Christopher Marlowe takes refuge with Walsingham at the Palace of Whitehall. But it seems the plague has followed them to the very heart of government...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Murky Mystery of Murder at St Marks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - When an eminent professor receives a death threat, Marlowe sets off to his Cambridge college to make enquiries. But no sooner has he arrived than the dons start dropping like flies. Can the murderer at large be outwitted?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDominic Jephcott\u003c\/b\u003e stars as Marlowe in these light-hearted comic mysteries, with \u003cb\u003eBill Wallis\u003c\/b\u003e as Ratsbane, \u003cb\u003ePaul Brooke\u003c\/b\u003e as Sir Francis Walsingham and guest appearances from \u003cb\u003eRoy Hudd, Hugh Bonneville\u003c\/b\u003e (credited as Richard Bonneville), \u003cb\u003ePeter Serafinowicz\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHugh Dennis\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Ged Parsons\u003cbr\u003eProduced and directed by Richard Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eCast\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarlowe - \u003cb\u003eDominic Jephcott\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBartholomew Ratsbane - \u003cb\u003eBill Wallis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir Francis Walsingham - \u003cb\u003ePaul Brooke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdmiral Downing\/Beaumont - \u003cb\u003eGarard Green\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Curtis\/Dr Heywood - \u003cb\u003eBrian Bowles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Barnaby - \u003cb\u003eJulian Dutton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNed Peake - \u003cb\u003eRoy Hudd\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFortescue - \u003cb\u003eSimon Godley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrump - \u003cb\u003eLionel Jeffries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSquires - \u003cb\u003eDaniel Strauss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGloriana Nonsuch - \u003cb\u003eVictoria Carling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFaversham - \u003cb\u003eRonald Herdman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRipley - \u003cb\u003eRichard Bonneville\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Valentine - \u003cb\u003eHugh Dennis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Darras - \u003cb\u003ePeter Serafinowitz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir Hubert Sharpe - \u003cb\u003eGordon Reid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMistress Parker - \u003cb\u003eSarah Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9-30 December 1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49356725977392,"sku":"BDguyk","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/342209-guyk-Square.jpg?v=1734412777","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-guyk","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}