This is the second in the Roderick Alleyn mystery series. Alleyn is an oddity in that he is an aristocrat who has chosen police work rather than the life of leisure. While attending a play with an acquaintance a murder occurs onstage. A prop gun supposedly filled with blanks turns out to have live rounds in it and an actor is shot at point blank range. The entire cast, the backstage crew, and theater owner are suspects. Since Alleyn was on the scene and a witness to the murder, he is the prime investigator. In this book takes place before the Inspector married the artist Agatha Troy and he finds himself attracted to an actress who is also a suspect. This becomes a pattern for the Inspector in later books.
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