New York Times Bestseller shakespeare Meets Dashiell Hammett In This Wildly Entertaining Murder Mystery From New York Times Bestselling Author Christopher Moorean Uproarious, Hardboiled Take On The Bards Most Performed Play, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Featuring Pocket, The Hero Of Fool And The Serpent Of Venice, Along With His Sidekick, Drool, And Pet Monkey, Jeff.set Adrift By His Pirate Crew, Pocket Of Dog Snogginglast Seen In The Serpent Of Venicewashes Up On The Sun-bleached Shores Of Greece, Where He Hopes To Dazzle The Duke With His Comedic Brilliance And Become His Trusted Fool.but The Island Is In Turmoil. Egeus, The Dukes Minister, Is Furious That His Daughter Hermia Is Determined To Marry Demetrius, Instead Of Lysander, The Man He Has Chosen For Her. The Duke Decrees That If, By The Time Of The Wedding, Hermia Still Refuses To Marry Lysander, She Shall Be Executed.