Murder, Misprints, and Other Drury Lane Disasters

A Cozy Regency Mystery of Love and Murder

On Drury Lane's brightest night, the Lord Chamberlain's censor walks into the property room alive and leaves flattened under a fallen backdrop, script of a new satire still in his hand. Miss Eliza March, printer's daughter turned reluctant poor relation, only wanted to see star comedian Nathaniel Quill at work; instead she finds a dead official, a damaged rope, and a theatre full of people who would prefer the whole thing quietly labelled an accident.

With Bow Street on its way and the licence hanging by a frayed line, Eliza's inconvenient eye for detail drags her into an uneasy partnership with Quill, a charming disaster of a leading man who knows every secret rope and rumour backstage. Together they chase misprints, missing pages, and backstage feuds, trying to learn who turned scenery into a weapon before the law decides the neatest solution is to close the theatre and hang someone convenient.

Cozy Regency theatre mystery, murder without gore, and fair play mystery with clues scattered among ropes, scripts, and rehearsed smiles, plus closed door slow burn romance with a happy for now ending for one ink-stained observer and one infuriating actor. Perfect for readers who enjoy backstage shenanigans, sharp banter, morally exasperated heroines, and slightly tragic comedians, Murder, Misprints, and Other Drury Lane Disasters works as a complete stand alone with more cozy mysteries of love and murder waiting once the curtain falls.