Download or read book Murder in Drury Lane written by Vanessa Riley and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering “a vibrant picture of the roles Black and mixed‐race people played in Regency life” (Publishers Weekly), this unique historical mystery series, featuring a mixed-race heroine with a notorious past, will appeal to Bridgerton fans who want a sharper edge to their drama. Pressed into a union of convenience, Lady Abigail Worthing knew better than to expect love. Her marriage to an absent lord does at least provide some comforts, including a box at the Drury Lane theater, owned by the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Abigail has always found respite at the theater, away from the ton’s judgmental stares and the risks of her own secret work to help the cause of abolition—and her fears that someone from her past wants her permanently silenced. But on one particular June evening everything collides, and the performance takes an unwelcome turn . . . Onstage, a woman emits a scream of genuine terror. A man has been found dead in the prop room, stabbed through the heart. Abigail’s neighbor, Stapleton Henderson, is also in attendance, and the two rush backstage. The magistrate, keen to avoid bringing more attention to the case and making Lady Worthing more of a target, asks Abigail not to investigate. But she cannot resist, especially when the usually curmudgeonly Henderson offers his assistance. Abigail soon discovers a tangled drama that rivals anything brought to the stage, involving gambling debts, a beautiful actress with a parade of suitors, and the very future of the Drury Lane theatre. For Abigail the case is complicated still further, for one suspect is a leading advocate for the cause dearest to her heart—the abolition of slavery within the British empire. Uncovering the truth always comes at a price. But this time, it may be far higher than she wishes to pay.
Download or read book The Tragedy of Z written by Ellery Queen and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patience Thumm, the adventurous daughter of an NYPD inspector, teams up with actor Drury Lane to solve the mystery of a senator’s murder. Patience Thumm has just traveled the world. She turned heads in London, sipped absinthe in Tunis, and debated philosophy on the Left Bank of Paris. When she returns home to New York with a smuggled copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover in her bag, her father, the NYPD’s Inspector Thumm, is quite unprepared to handle her. At first, it seems they have nothing in common—but the two soon discover a shared appetite for murder. When a corrupt senator is stabbed to death in his study, Patience can’t resist hunting for the killer. With the help of her father’s old friend Drury Lane, the legendary Shakespearean actor, she will find that all the exotic cities of the world can’t offer anything as exciting as a New York homicide.
Download or read book Drury Lane s Last Case written by Ellery Queen and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspector Thumm enlists the help of an actor to track down a stolen Shakespearean manuscript and solve a baffling murder in this classic mystery. Inspector Thumm has never seen such a marvelous beard. It is massive and pointed, a rainbow composed of all the colors of Joseph’s biblical coat. He’s so distracted by the beard that he hardly notices the man it belongs to: a prospective client with mysterious business. This bearded fellow hands over an envelope containing a million-dollar secret—and the key to a matter of life and death. However, Thumm quickly forgets his strange visitor when a rare Shakespearean manuscript is stolen, only to be replaced by a rarer, more valuable one. With the help of the legendary Shakespearean actor Drury Lane, Thumm must locate the missing manuscript and solve an impossible murder—before the curtain comes down forever.
Download or read book Murder at Drury Lane written by Robert Lee Hall and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1993-09-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While visiting London's Drury Lane Theatre, Benjamin Franklin investigates suspicious incidents in the playhouse, including the death of a heckler. By the author of Benjamin Franklin Takes the Case. Reprint. PW.
Download or read book A Disappearance in Drury Lane written by Ashley Gardner and published by Jennifer Ashley. This book was released on 2013-09-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 8 in the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries 1818: As Captain Gabriel Lacey prepares for his upcoming wedding, his former neighbor, Marianne Simmons, asks for his help to find an actress friend who’s gone missing. Lacey agrees to help look for the actress, little realizing that the search will pit him against men who think nothing of abduction, assault, or sending incendiary devices to the innocent. At the same time, Lacey’s personal life is changing, and his time for investigation is frequently and frustratingly interrupted. He is also commanded by a new Bow Street Runner to assist in bringing down James Denis, a criminal with whom Lacey now has complicated ties. Lacey must help or else risk hanging alongside Denis. The search for the actress takes Lacey from elegant assembly rooms to the backstage of the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, where he finds darkness in all corners. Lacey’s life and honor are constantly challenged as he tries to settle into his new life, until he realizes he can follow no code but his own.
Download or read book Murder on Stage written by Cora Harrison and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2010-12-20 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE ROMAN MYSTERIES meets Sherlock Holmes! A scream rings out through the theatre. The man on stage is dead! Who killed him? Alfie has a few suspects in his sights. But when the spotlight turns on Alfie himself, the search for the murderer becomes a fight for his own survival. He and his gang must pick their way through a deadly web of revenge, jealousy and greed to unmask the true villain. The third exciting adventure in the LONDON MURDER MYSTERIES series.
Download or read book The Tragedy of Z written by Ellery Queen and published by New York : Avon. This book was released on 1933 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She wanted to scream, but no sound came from her beautiful throat. Instead, she stood without moving and stared at the late Senator Joel Fawcett. On his feet were old and roomy carpet slippers. On his face was a quiet, not unpleasant expression. In his chest, just to the right of the pearly shirt buttons was a red stain with the hilt of a slender paperknife planted in the center. There would be a national scandal. There would be hundreds of suspects among Senator Fawcett's enemies and friends. It would be an impossible case to solve, unless Drury Lane could come up with a lead. Of course, he did. It was a pretty tangled lead, but what made it easier to follow was the assistance given by Patty, a wandering blonde with melting blue eyes. - Back cover.
Download or read book MURDER AT MONTFORD HALL written by Marilyn Clay and published by The Regency Plume Press. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MURDER AT MONTFORD HALL is Book 7 in Marilyn Clay's Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series. A pair of mysteries collide in this intricately-plotted tale set against the glamorous backdrop of the London theater in the 1820s. What can possibly go wrong when a group of former actors and actresses, all of whom once appeared to great acclaim on the London stage, all gather for a lovely winter house party at the country home of Lord and Lady Montford? How about the vicious murder of one of their group on her way to Montford Hall, the poor lady found dead in her carriage before she even arrives at the Montford Hall estate? Will a blinding snowstorm, dictating that no one can leave the mansion, or the fact that the coal supply in the house is fast diminishing and the larder is nearly bare of food, serve to lower the house guests' spirits? Will finding another guest brutally murdered on the premises frighten the guests? Or cause them to believe that they are now stranded in the snowy countryside with a killer in their midst? How soon before the frightened guests begin to point fingers at one another? When Miss Abbott, who is not an actress and therefore not truly one of them, is spotted standing over the dead body of one of the gentlemen guests, the murder weapon in hand, how quickly will Miss Abbott be declared the guilty party? And, how quickly will our clever young sleuth manage to run the real killer to ground and prove not only her own innocence, but that of her maid Tilda, upon whose head suspicion has also fallen? "The twists and turns in Marilyn Clay's newest Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery are bound to keep readers turning pages!" -- Red River Mystery Reviews "I feel as if I'm watching a movie when I read a novel by this author, her descriptions and the action she describes are so very life-like and colourful! Great fun, indeed!" --J S Johnson, 5-Star Reader Review " You won't want to miss this latest story in Marilyn Clay's popular Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series. Miss Abbott continues to be a quick-thinking, clever sleuth who out-wits even the most ruthless killers!" --Marcy Keller, 5-Star Reader Review MURDER AT MONTFORD HALL is Book 7 in the Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery series. Beginning with MURDER AT MORLAND MANOR, and on through MURDER IN MAYFAIR, MURDER IN MARGATE, MURDER AT MEDLEY PARK, MURDER IN MIDDLEWYCH, MURDER IN MAIDSTONE, MURDER ON MARSH LANE, MURDER AT MONTFORD HALL, and MURDER IN MARTINDALE, each and every title throughout this delightful series penned by award-winning Regency author Marilyn Clay continues to please! You won't want to miss a single one! Watch for Book 10 of the series, MURDER AT MARLEY CHASE coming in late 2022. All of Marilyn Clay's Regency-set mysteries, historical suspense novels and Regency romance novels, are clean and traditional with no graphic scenes, strong language or violence. You won't want to miss MARILYN CLAY's historical suspense thrillers, DECEPTIONS and A PETTICOAT AND LAMBSKIN GLOVES! STALKING A KILLER, a contemporary mystery, set near Dallas, TX, is another thrilling mystery story from this multi-published, award-winning author.
Download or read book The Tragedy of Y written by Ellery Queen and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Covent Garden Murder written by Mike Hollow and published by Allison & Busby Ltd. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: December, 1940. Christmas is coming, but the season of goodwill is overshadowed by the death and destruction of the Blitz. In London's Covent Garden, where the glamour of theatreland rubs shoulders with the bustle of the capital's biggest fruit and vegetable market, the war has closed the theatres and ruined the market trade. When a daylight air raid hits the Prince Albert Theatre in Drury Lane, rescuers find a man dying in the wreckage. But it wasn't the bomb that's ending his life - he's been stabbed, and with his dying breath he whispers what sounds like a fragmented confession. As Detective Inspector John Jago begins to investigate, there's an underlying question he must grapple with: was the murdered man himself a killer?
Download or read book The XYZ Murders written by Barnaby Ross and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Murder in Masquerade written by Mary Winters and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extra, extra, read all about it! Countess turned advice columnist Amelia Amesbury finds herself playing the role of sleuth when a night at the theatre turns deadly. Victorian Countess Amelia Amesbury’s secret hobby, writing an advice column for a London penny paper, has gotten her into hot water before. After all, Amelia will do whatever it takes to help a reader in need. But now, handsome marquis Simon Bainbridge desperately requires her assistance. His beloved younger sister, Marielle, has written Amelia's Lady Agony column seeking advice on her plans to elope with a man her family does not approve of. Determined to save his sister from a scoundrel and the family from scandal, Simon asks Amelia to dissuade Marielle from the ill-advised gambit. But when the scoundrel makes an untimely exit after a performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto, Amelia realizes there’s much more at stake than saving a young woman’s reputation from ruin. It’s going to take more than her letter-writing skills to help the dashing marquis, mend the familial bond, and find the murderer. Luckily, solving problems is her specialty!
Download or read book Murder in Westminster Sneak Peek written by Vanessa Riley and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be one of the first to read this sneak preview sample edition! Perfect for readers looking for a darker twist on Bridgerton, this first story in a vibrant, inclusive new historical mystery series from an acclaimed author portrays the true diversity of the Regency-era, as a widow whose skin color and notorious family history have left her with few friends she can rely on – just as the local vicar names her the prime suspect in a murder case… “Snappy dialogue, abundant intrigue, and Abbie and Stapleton’s increasingly flirtatious antagonism keep the tension high and the narrative drive strong. Smart, fun, and full of moxie.” —Kirkus Reviews Discovering a body on her property presents Lady Abigail Worthing with more than one pressing problem. The victim is Juliet, the wife of her neighbor, Stapleton Henderson. Although Abigail has little connection with the lady in question, she expects to be under suspicion. Abigail’s skin color and her mother’s notorious past have earned her a certain reputation among the ton, and no amount of wealth or status will eclipse it. Abigail can’t divulge that she was attending a secret pro-abolition meeting at the time of the murder. To her surprise, Henderson offers her an alibi. Though he and Juliet were long estranged, and she had a string of lovers, he feels a certain loyalty to his late wife. Perhaps together, he and Abigail can learn the truth. Abigail, whose marriage to Lord Worthing was not a love match, knows well how appearances can deceive. For all its surface elegance, London’s high society can be treacherous. Yet who in their circle would have killed Juliet, and why? Taking the reins of her life in a way she never has before, Abby intends to find out—but in the process she will uncover more danger than she ever imagined . . . “Fans of Bridgerton will enjoy this one.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book A Disappearance in Drury Lane written by Ashley Gardner and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late December, 1818. As Captain Gabriel Lacey prepares for his upcoming wedding, his former neighbor, Marianne Simmons, comes to him about an actress friend who's gone missing. Lacey agrees to help look for the actress, little realizing that the search will pit him against men who think nothing of abduction, assault, or sending incendiary devices to the innocent. At the same time, Lacey's personal life is changing, and his time for investigation is frequently and frustratingly interrupted. He is also commanded by a new Bow Street Runner to assist in bringing down James Denis, a criminal with whom Lacey now has complicated ties. Lacey must help or else risk hanging alongside Denis. The search for the actress takes Lacey from elegant assembly rooms to the backstage of the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, where he finds darkness in all corners. Lacey's life and honor are constantly challenged as he tries to settle into his new life, until he realizes he can follow no code but his own.
Download or read book Murder in Westminster written by Vanessa Riley and published by Lady Worthing Mysteries. This book was released on 2023-09 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for readers looking for a darker twist on Bridgerton, this first in a vibrant, inclusive historical mystery series from a acclaimed author Vanessa Riley portrays the true diversity of the Regency-era, as an aristocrat whose skin color and notorious family history have left her with few friends she can rely on is named as the prime suspect in a murder case... "A great read to add to your current must-read lists." - Essence Magazine "Riley's storytelling gift is strong and her prose is lovely and evocative...particularly clever." - Mystery Scene Magazine "Snappy dialogue, abundant intrigue, and Abbie and Stapleton's increasingly flirtatious antagonism keep the tension high and the narrative drive strong. Smart, fun, and full of moxie."--Kirkus Reviews A BiblioLifestyle Most Anticipated Mystery Discovering a body on her property presents Lady Abigail Worthing with more than one pressing problem. The victim is Juliet, the wife of her neighbor, Stapleton Henderson. Although Abigail has little connection with the lady in question, she expects to be under suspicion. Abigail's skin color and her mother's notorious past have earned her a certain reputation among the ton, and no amount of wealth or status will eclipse it. Abigail can't divulge that she was attending a secret pro-abolition meeting at the time of the murder. To her surprise, Henderson offers her an alibi. Though he and Juliet were long estranged, he feels a certain loyalty to his late wife. Perhaps together, he and Abigail can learn the truth. . . . Abigail, whose marriage was not a love match, knows well how appearances can deceive--and how treacherous London's high society can be. Yet who would have killed Juliet, and why? Taking the reins of her life in a way she never has before, Abby intends to find out--but she may uncover more danger than she ever imagined . . .
Download or read book Shadow of Murder written by Joan Smith and published by Belgrave House. This book was released on 2015-08-10 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corinne (Lady Luten) agreed to store the goods for the orphan’s charity ball which she was managing. Sir Reginald begged her to allow his rehearsals at Luten’s place while Coffen Pattle had taken on Corrie’s butler Black, the newest member of the Brigade. But disaster struck and the Lutens were facing no goods for the charity ball unless they ransomed the pricey items. A 10th adventure for the Berkeley Brigade! Regency Mystery by Joan Smith; originally published by Belgrave House/Regency Reads
Download or read book The Revenge A Tragedy written by Edward Young and published by . This book was released on 1764 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
