Congratulations to R. M. Cullen, whose absorbing historical thriller, Harlequin is Dead, is out now!
Harlequin is Dead is the first historical murder investigation in the Richard Brinsley Sheridan Mystery Series: eighteenth-century crime thrillers set in London at a time of Revolution.
1791
Revolution in France is causing refugees to flee to England and London is fast becoming a hotbed of spies, government agents and fanatics.
When renowned Irish playwright, Richard Brinsley Sheriden is led to the skeletal remains of a harlequin in his theatre, he is determined to get justice for his employee.
With the aid of Bow Street Runner, Constable Nicholls, Sheridan starts to investigate.
He soon realises two more performers have disappeared. And the discovery of a decorative cross suggests there is a link with a dangerous secret society, the Huguenot Brotherhood.
But why would French political migrants be targeting the theatre?
Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales has received an anonymous letter accusing him of Treason and Sheridan is tasked with hunting out the sender.
Could both mysteries be linked? Is London heading for the same bloodthirsty scenes as Paris?
Or can Sheridan help stop the insurgents from taking hold in England…?
