We are pleased to present you with one of this month's new 1st in Series mysteries: Cursed in the Act by Raymond Buckland and introducing Bram Stoker.
What we know about the character: Bram Stoker is the business manager for London’s Lyceum Theatre, and always expects the supernatural to be lurking around the corner.
For more information about his first case, see a synopsis of the book, below.
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Cursed in the Act by Raymond Buckland
Series: A Bram Stoker Mystery
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Format(s): Trade Paperback, eBook
1881. When the star and owner of the Lyceum, Mr. Henry Irving, is poisoned on Hamlet’s opening night, it’s up to stage manager Harry Rivers to make sure the show goes on. Fortunately for Harry, Mr. Irving is able to pull through and walk the boards as planned. But when his understudy is killed the very next day, Harry’s boss, Bram Stoker, becomes convinced that foul play is afoot.
Mr. Irving has a list of enemies longer than a Shakespearean soliloquy, any of whom would have been happy for the curtain never to rise. It soon becomes clear that nefarious, possibly magical, methods are being employed to shut the play down. With more cast and crew members falling victim to the increasingly dangerous accidents on set, it’s up to Harry and Stoker to figure out which of Irving’s critics has a voodoo vendetta …
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