The Shakespeare Diaries

Jack Mountjoy wants nothing more than a quiet life. A small-town solicitor in Stratford-upon-Avon, he spends his time untangling the consequences of bad decisions and broken marriages, while trying to recover from his own.
But when a mysterious death and the arrival of a wealthy banker draw him into a centuries-old secret, Jack finds himself at the centre of an international power struggle. Hidden among an illegitimate bloodline, a forgotten diary, a codicil and a loc