‘I’ve got my own theory’: Val McDermid play investigates death of Christopher Marlowe

Published on July 31, 2025
‘I’ve got my own theory’: Val McDermid play investigates death of Christopher Marlowe

Crime writer says her conclusion on the circumstances of the 16th-century playwright’s killing ‘will surprise people’

It has all the makings of a classic Val McDermid mystery: a sudden death, a cast of shadowy figures and a tangle of motives buried beneath layers of official secrecy.

But this time, the queen of crime is not inventing a murder, she is revisiting one of history’s most enduring whodunnits – the mysterious death of Christopher Marlowe.

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‘I’ve got my own theory’: Val McDermid play investigates death of Christopher Marlowe