Kate Shackleton joins Jacqueline Winspears Maisie Dobbs They make excellent heroines. –Literary ReviewA pawn-shop robberyIt’s no rest for the wicked as Kate Shackleton picks up her second professional sleuthing case. But exposing the culprit of a pawn-shop robbery turns sinister when her investigation takes her to Harrogate – and murder is only one step behind …A fatal stabbingA night at the theatre should have been just what the doctor ordered, until Kate stumbles across a body in the doorway. The knife sticking out of its chest definitely suggests a killer in the theatre’s midst.A ransom demandKate likes nothing better than a mystery – and nothing better than solving them. So when a ransom note demands 1,000 for the safe return of the play’s leading lady, the refined streets of Harrogate play host to Kate’s skills in piecing together clues – and luring criminals out of their lairs