A Play of Isaac — Margaret Frazer

In the pages of Margaret Frazers national bestselling Dame Frevisse series, the player Joliffe has assumed many roles on stage, to the delight of those he entertains. Now, in the company of a troupe of traveling performers, he finds himself cast in the role of sleuth...

The year is 1434, and preparations are underway for the Corpus Christi festival in Oxford, England. Plays are a traditional part of the celebration, and ~o1die and the rest of his troupe are to perform Isaac and Abraham. Until then, their theatrical antics are in demand by a wealthy merchant--Master Penteney--who offers them an opportunity to ply their trade for room and board.

But when the body of a murdered man is found outside the burn door where the troupe is lodging, Joliffe must raise the curtain on Penteney's mysterious past--and uncover the startling truth behind the murder...