Kate Ketterling, one of a strolling players troupe, has Archie Islington, Viscount Barrington, take her to Astleys Amphitheater to meet the star, Phillipe Ducant. They learn that Angelique de la Reina has been found deadand Bow Street will decide her horse is to blame. Kate instead considers all the other suspectsand refuses to be intimidated when more people are attacked. Regency Mystery/Romance by Nina Coombs Pykare; originally published by Five Star and second of the Kate Ketterling mysteries