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SummaryIn the pages of Margaret Frazer's national bestselling
Dame Frevisse series, the player Joliffe has assumed many
roles on stage, to the delight of those he entertains. Now,
in the company of a troupe of traveling performers, he finds
himself cast in the role of sleuth...
In the spring of 1435, Joliffe and his fellow players are
sent to the village of Ashewell not only to stage plays, but
to uncover some dark secrets about the town's three wealthy
families: the Ashewells, the Medcotes, and the Gosyns. A
rivalry has been brewing among the families, entangling the
entire town in a web of seduction, deception, and blackmail.
Matters go beyond the breaking point when someone turns to
murder to settle their grievances. And if one murder is
good, why not another? If all the world is a stage, then
it's up to Joliffe to bring the curtain down on this
tragedybefore another man takes his final curtain call...
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