MURDER BEHIND THE SCENES: A VICTORIAN MYSTERY
BY
ISABELLA MACREADY

MURDER BEHIND THE SCENES is a detective novel set in Victorian England. In 1857 a young actress called Emily Broughton leaves London to join a provincial theatre company in the seaside town of Handford. She finds a company full of petty rivalries and eccentric actors, but it is also a time of great excitement as American star Ira Douglas is about to make a guest appearance at the theatre.

Emily is soon befriended by the theatre’s wealthy patron Euphemia Pelham, but it emerges Miss Pelham has an ulterior motive and is not as respectable as she seems. After a new acquaintance is poisoned, Emily is forced to investigate the shocking murder of her friend when she herself receives anonymous letters, seemingly from the murderer, threatening to reveal compromising secrets from Emily’s own past.

Paperback, 328 pages. Limited edition, each copy is signed and numbered.
ISBN 9780957025912 PRICE £14.99

(Kindle edition cover)

Unlike other Sensation Press books, MURDER BEHIND THE SCENES is also available (click on the links) in Kindle format at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de (a sample can be viewed on Amazon).
What's the difference between the printed edition and the digital edition? The print edition has different formatting, a dedication page and Victorian theatre themed ornaments at the beginning and end of each chapter. The print editon also contains an historical note on the 1850s setting, the first few lines of which state: 'The career of the character Ira Douglas is inspired by that of the African American actor Ira Aldridge. Readers may also notice slight fictionalised references to the Road Hill House murder of 1860'.

Isabella Macready is a pen name and Macready was selected in honour of actor William Macready (1793-1873). She has previously published one novel and two biographies of historical figures under another name.

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