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The Footlights Murder
(2025)(Book 12 in the Esther and Jack Enright Mysteries series)
A novel by David Field
The Enrights’ lives are on the line in this latest mystery! Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, Andrew Taylor and Laura Shepherd-Robinson.
Death will come when it will come…
1905
When the leading actor in a performance of Julius Caesar is stabbed to death, the Enright family are pulled into the murder.
Lucy Masefield, sister of policeman Jack Enright, is the director of the theatre group and the finger of blame is being pointed at her.
Jack is certain his sister is innocent and along with their uncle, Percy, determines to solve the crime.
But as they start to unravel the mystery, they suspect a much larger conspiracy could be at play.
Jack and his wife Esther decide to disguise themselves as amateur actors to get closer to the truth, but they soon realise they could be putting their own lives in jeopardy…
Is Lucy innocent? Can Jack clear his sister’s name?
Or could he be dragging his family into a web of danger...?
THE FOOTLIGHTS MURDER is the twelfth crime thriller in an exciting historical series, the Esther and Jack Enright Mysteries, a traditional British detective series set in Victorian London and packed full of suspense.
‘An enduring mystery with a new detective partnership’ - Linda Stratmann, author of the Frances Doughty and Mina Scarletti Mystery Series
ESTHER & JACK ENRIGHT MYSTERY SERIES
BOOK ONE: The Gaslight Stalker
BOOK TWO: The Night Caller
BOOK THREE: The Prodigal Sister
BOOK FOUR: The Slum Reaper
BOOK FIVE: The Posing Playwright
BOOK SIX: The Mercy Killings
BOOK SEVEN: The Jubilee Plot
BOOK EIGHT: The Lost Boys
BOOK NINE: The Retirement Murder
BOOK TEN: The Long Delayed Revenge
BOOK ELEVEN: The Belvedere Scandal
BOOK TWELVE: The Footlights Murder
Genre: Historical Mystery
Death will come when it will come…
1905
When the leading actor in a performance of Julius Caesar is stabbed to death, the Enright family are pulled into the murder.
Lucy Masefield, sister of policeman Jack Enright, is the director of the theatre group and the finger of blame is being pointed at her.
Jack is certain his sister is innocent and along with their uncle, Percy, determines to solve the crime.
But as they start to unravel the mystery, they suspect a much larger conspiracy could be at play.
Jack and his wife Esther decide to disguise themselves as amateur actors to get closer to the truth, but they soon realise they could be putting their own lives in jeopardy…
Is Lucy innocent? Can Jack clear his sister’s name?
Or could he be dragging his family into a web of danger...?
THE FOOTLIGHTS MURDER is the twelfth crime thriller in an exciting historical series, the Esther and Jack Enright Mysteries, a traditional British detective series set in Victorian London and packed full of suspense.
‘An enduring mystery with a new detective partnership’ - Linda Stratmann, author of the Frances Doughty and Mina Scarletti Mystery Series
ESTHER & JACK ENRIGHT MYSTERY SERIES
BOOK ONE: The Gaslight Stalker
BOOK TWO: The Night Caller
BOOK THREE: The Prodigal Sister
BOOK FOUR: The Slum Reaper
BOOK FIVE: The Posing Playwright
BOOK SIX: The Mercy Killings
BOOK SEVEN: The Jubilee Plot
BOOK EIGHT: The Lost Boys
BOOK NINE: The Retirement Murder
BOOK TEN: The Long Delayed Revenge
BOOK ELEVEN: The Belvedere Scandal
BOOK TWELVE: The Footlights Murder
Genre: Historical Mystery
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