In this exciting murder mystery in the Miss Tayke Investigates crime fiction series, the doyen among women sleuths investigates the covert murder on an exchange visit between the Chiltern and Fylde repertory players results in the sudden death of an actor onstage as the cast take a curtain call at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool. The police assume natural causes but Miss Tayke thinks otherwise and sets out to prove her suspicions. Using her skills as an eminent private investigator she unravels a string of red herrings in this nail biting murder mystery best seller as she nails down the killer and brings the miscreant to justice.