Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries by Martin Edwards
Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries by Martin Edwards
English | 2023 | Mystery & Thriller
“… and what a motive! Murder to save one’s artistic soul… who’d believe that?”
Behind the stage lights and word-perfect soliloquies, sinister secrets are lurking in the wings. The mysteries in this collection reveal the dark side to theatre and performing arts: a world of backstage dealings, where unscrupulous actors risk everything to land a starring role, costumed figures lead to mistaken identities, and on-stage deaths begin to look a little too convincing. . .
This expertly curated thespian anthology features fourteen stories from giants of the classic crime genre such as Dorothy L. Sayers, Julian Symons and Ngaio Marsh, as well as firm favourites from the British Library Crime Classics series: Anthony Wynne, Christianna Brand, Bernard J. Farmer and many more.
Mysteries abound when a player’s fate hangs on a single performance, and opening night may very well be their last.
Includes:
The Affair at the Novelty Theatre by Baroness Orczy
The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel by A. E. W. Mason
The Dancing Girl by Anthony Wynne
In View of the Audience by Marguerite Steen
Blood Sacrifice by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Wrong Make-Up by Brandon Fleming
The Case of the Ventriloquist’s Doll by Ernest Dudley
The Blind Spot by Barry Perowne
I Can Find My Way Out by Ngaio Marsh
The Lady Who Laughed by Roy Vickers
The Thirteenth Knife by Bernard J. Farmer
Drink for an Actor by John Appleby
Credit to William Shakespeare by Julian Symons
After the Event by Christianna Brand
