Happy English Child — Ursula Zilinsky

If the local critics were less than kind about the demise of King Claudius in the Rigby Repertory Theatre's equally earnest production of Hamlet, the flamboyantly handsome actor playing the part could hardly be faulted. For Algernon Jagat had given the performance of his life - and death. Who among the motley crew assembled in this gloomy Yorkshire village had staged poor Ally's final theatrical exit? Enter Detective Inspector Winterkill to sort through the cast of possible killers...