Title: A Play of Isaac
Author: Margaret Frazer
Rating: 3 stars out of 5
Publisher: Berkley
Copyright: 2004
ISBN: 0425197514
Pages: 309
Keywords: historical mystery
Reading period: 22-24 February, 2007

A small troupe of traveling players spend a few days in the Oxford of 1434 and are nearly framed for a murder.

Frazer evokes the sights and sounds of medieval Oxford during the Corpus Christi holiday, the hard life of traveling players, and the goings-on of a rich merchant's household. Amazingly enough, she almost completely avoids the colleges of Oxford. The mystery itself is thin and occupies little of the book, as the author prefers to concentrate on the other aspects of her tale.

Moderately entertaining.