Death Comes for Desdemona

Kate Ketterling is a member of her father’s troupe of strolling players. When the actors come to Covent Garden she finds the theatre superior to their usual haunts--until Nell Stanford’s dresser is strangled. The authorities take little interest before the hot-tempered Nell herself is killed. When Bow Street’s progress is nonexistent, intrepid Kate and Viscount Barrington stage their own investigation. Regency Mystery/Romance by Nina Coombs Pykare; originally published by Five Star