Crafts and Life

The crime scene was the stage of the Unicorn Theatre, when prop gun fired a very real bullet; the victim was an actor clawing his way to stardom using bribery instead of talent; and the suspects included two unwilling girlfriends and several relieved blackmail victims. The stage is set for one of Roderick Alleyn's most baffling cases…

Roderick Alleyn has been invited to the theatre by Nigel Bathgate, during the performance what should have been a fake shooting turns into the real thing and Scotland Yard (in the person of Alleyn) needs to track through blackmail, bribery and lies to find out the truth behind the killing.

Marsh is still finding her feet as a author but Alleyn is becoming a more believable character in this the second book.