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When theatregoers are treated to the gruesome spectacle of an actor’s lifeless body hanging on the stage, DI Stewart Gardener is immediately called in to investigate. Is the killer still in the audience? A lockdown is set in motion, but it is soon apparent that the murderer is able to come and go unnoticed. How do they do it? Is the killer a theatre worker or an actor? And what kind of grudge do they have to bear?

Professor Adler, distinguished historian and Athos's former owner, had died in a tragic accident. At least, that has been the official story until now. But a former employee of the professor's is very insistently interested in his estate-and suddenly dies himself under suspicious circumstances. Does the gardener of the neighboring property, seemingly a very friendly two-legged, have both men on his conscience? Athos's and Pearl's sleuthing instincts are called for, because the police may be on the wrong trail . . .

Steph Williams is excited to get her hands stuck into her latest gardening project. This time, she's been commissioned by Lady Clara of Ashford Manor to restore the stately gardens to their former glory. But the estate is suddenly thrown into chaos when a dead body is discovered in one of the rooms. The police rule it as suicide, though Steph's convinced they're barking up the wrong tree. For she knows the deceased better than they do and it could only be one thing: murder. And if the police won't listen to her, then Steph will have to investigate the case herself.

Mary Elizabeth Arrington freut sich, auf die Queen Anne zurückzukehren! Doch schon beim Eröffnungskonzert wird ihre Freude getrübt. Der Pianist ruiniert den Abend, indem er den Auftritt der Operndiva Anastasia Botticelli mit einem vollkommen falschen Lied übertönt. Noch in derselben Nacht wird der Musiker tot aufgefunden - erdolcht an seinem Klavier! Erneut steckt Krimi-Autorin Mary mitten in einem echten Mordfall - und gerät diesmal selbst ins Visier des Mörders.