STAR CHAMBER

"I read Star Chamber in a day— I don't think I've read a 300-page book in a single day ever. It was imaginative, enlightening, suspenseful, and excellently crafted. I loved the book's language, and I appreciate the history. It is a story of intrigue: engaging, gripping throughout, and very well-suited to cinematic treatment. Reminds me of The Da Vinci Code. Beautifully done!"

—Robert Stoller, Executive Film Producer of Art In Motion & Film Actor

"Star Chamber is a provocative page-turner from the first page to the last, its plot masterful, its prose beautifully descriptive. 

    "One encounters numerous characters whose psychological profiles are handled brilliantly, and the research behind it is unbelievable. I was left breathless!"

—Victoria Fedrigotti, Published Curator, Art Critic & Art Historian, & Columbia Fiction Foundry Member

"The very first page echoed Hilary Mantel’s brilliant trilogy, consciously or unconsciously, and made me sit up in amazement. The following pages are all beautifully and smoothly written, like the proverbial warmed knife going through butter. 

    "'A consummation devoutly to be wished.'"

—Brian McCredie, Author of "The Bee Keeper's Tale," "Tales of the Wild, Wild Gobi," & other books

"Combining sparkling intelligence with an acute point of view, Star Chamber is seamlessly woven together in an incredible, can’t put down, page turner."

—Rosemary Feit Covey, Renowned Artist, Printmaker, & Wood Engraver, with works in permanent collections of major museums

"With plot twists worthy of both Shakespeare and Hitchcock, murder, betrayal, serendipitous romance, long-buried secrets & mistaken identities populate Jeff Schnader’s Star Chamber. 

    "An intriguing thriller that pits Stratfordians against Oxfordians, in a conflict both scholarly and homicidal, after long-hidden evidence is discovered that might at last reveal the true identity of the Bard."

—Steven Mayfield, award-winning author of "The Penny Mansions" & other books

"I thoroughly enjoyed Star Chamber. Impressively researched, this book reminded me of The Da Vinci Code in its unraveling of a murder mystery while offering clues on the authorship of the sonnets and plays ascribed to William Shakespeare. 

    "Bravo the author!"

—Lawrence R. Sussman, Attorney

"Lots of action, suspense, mystery... I didn’t want it to end. I loved the characters and all the twists and turns— a page turner."

—Jane Grayson, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist

"I enjoyed the book most for the way it brings Shakespeare's plays into the present through plot and characters. It's got an original concept, and the Shakespeare mystery is engaging."

—Aaron Kaiserman, PhD, English Literature Faculty, University of Ottawa