Curtain Call to MurderA murder on stage. A cast full of suspects. Can dresser Jayne unravel the mystery? It is opening night at the London Palladium, and tensions are running high amongst the feuding cast of "Leopard Spots." Amongst them are an ageing lothario, a national treasure, an amateur psychic and a comedian turned actor all vying for the spotlight. When an on stage accident forces an unexpected intermission, it is clear only to dresser Jayne that the drama has

it's a fast-moving genre-bending conversation between forms

friend of Socrates

but not both

on the wild Yorkshire moors

and tribes divided by language and culture

a familiar sight in Oxford pushing his trolley of possessions

and widowed - by her own hand

Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London

discovering they share the same love of language

histories and homes

His name is also Don Gaines

Sunday Timesbestselling author of Thirteen