STAR CHAMBER

"At its core, 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, Columbia Fiction Foundry Member and Published Curator, Art Critic & Art Historian

"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," and 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, whose works are in permanent collections of major museums

"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 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 to the author!."

—Lawrence R. Sussman, Attorney

"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

"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