It was an ecstasy that ended in death after Cara Quayne drank the ritual wine. Discovering how the fatal cyanide got into the bizarre group’s wine is but one of the perplexing riddles that confronts Scotland Yard’s Inspector Roderick Alleyn.
When Britain’s Home Secretary complained of abdominal pains, it seemed like a simple case of appendicitis. But minutes after his operation, the ill-fated politician lay dead on the table. When Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to dissect the situation, he finds many a likely suspect, including a vengeful surgeon, a lovelorn nurse, an unhappy wife, and political foes.
The stage is set for one of Roderick Alleyn′s most baffling cases when an untalented actor using bribery to achieve stardom is shot on stage.
A house party gone wrong brings Inspector Roderick Alleyn to investigate the murder, the alibis, a missing butler and a seditious puzzle.
At the newly restored Dolphin Theatre, murder takes center stage.
A local spring believed to have miraculous healing properties is enriching many of the local residents until Miss Emily Pride inherits the place and forbids the promotions.