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Final acts : theatrical mysteries / edited and introduced by Martin Edwards.

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Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2023]

Detective and mystery stories, English.

Theater -- Fiction.

Actors -- Fiction.

9781728278629 (trade paperback) :

British Library crime classics.

xiv, 345 pages ; 21 cm

Introduction -- A Note from the Publisher -- The Affair at the Novelty Theatre / Baroness Orczy -- The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel / A. E. W. Mason -- The Dancing Girl / Anthony Wynne -- In View of the Audience / Marguerite Steen -- Blood Sacrifice / Dorothy L. Sayers -- The Wrong Make-Up / Brandon Fleming -- The Case of the Ventriloquist's Doll / Ernest Dudley -- The Blind Spot / Barry Perowne -- I Can Find My Way Out / Ngaio Marsh -- The Lady Who Laughed / Roy Vickers -- The Thirteenth Knife / Bernard J. Farmer -- Drink for an Actor / John Appleby -- Credit to William Shakespeare / Julian Symons -- After the Event / Christianna Brand.

"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"--

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