The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players: An Asey Mayo Mystery

Asey Mayo, the "Codfish Sherlock Holmes," investigates the murder of a traveling performer.

When the Cape Cod Players roll into towns along the lower Cape, the locals expect a great show, replete with games, magic, and merriment. Of course, they usually have an audience, too. When Boston widow Victoria Ballard, visiting the Cape to recover from a near-fatal bout with pneumonia, comes upon the troupe near her rural convalescent home, she ascertains that someone has played a nasty trick on the...