description: A Shakespearean actor takes his final bow.Troy Alleyn, Inspector Roderick Alleyn's beautiful young wife, is engaged to paint a portrait of Sir Henry Ancred, famed Shakespearean actor and family patriarch, but she senses all is not well in the dreary castle of Ancreton. When old Henry is found dead after a suspicious dinner and an unfortunate family fracas, Troy enlists the impeccable aid of her husband to determine who among a cast of players would have a motive for murder-and the theatrical gift to carry it out.
language: English
title: Final Curtain
titlecomplete: Final Curtain
characters: Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn
genres: Fiction, Detective, Crime, Cozy Mystery, 20th Century, Audiobook, British Literature, Murder Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Mystery
ratings_count: 4549
series: Roderick Alleyn
publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks