Chief Inspector Percy Montacute of Scotland Yard has just been seconded
to Athens. He is unsure just what for. When he arrives there he finds
he is to train the police. While working in Athens, he runs into his
former colonel from The Great War, Andrew Merriman. Merriman asks him
to take part in a play that he is putting on. During dress rehearsal,
Merriman is murdered. Montacute requests the help of Letty Talbot who
prompting the dress rehearsal to take down information from the
assembled actors.
The police doctor indicates that Merriman had been stabbed in the heart
prior to the rehearsal. Several hours later, the wife of Merriman is
pushed from the balcony of her home. She is barely able to inform
Montacute who is responsible before she succumbs to her injuries.
Montacute arrests her young cousin the following morning.
The following day, acting on an instinct, and information provided,
Montacute sends his sergeant ant Letty on what appears to be a random
trip. An attempt is made on their lives, confirming Montacute's
suspicions. However, it still doesn't solve the mystery of who is
behind the deaths.
Author Barbara Cleverly has a few surprises up her sleeve before she draws this murder mystery to a close. A good read.
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