Cursed in the act
Subtitle: a Bram Stoker mystery
By: Raymond Buckland
Edition: Berkley trade paperback edition.
Series: Bram Stoker mystery
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780425268018; 9781611290622
Subjects: Murder; Investigation; Fiction
Description: Bram Stoker, business manager for London's Lyceum Theatre, and his stage manager, Harry Rivers, must investigate when the star of Hamlet is poisoned to death on opening night.

1881. When the star and owner of the Lyceum, Mr. Henry Irving, is poisoned on Hamlet's opening night, it's up to stage manager Harry Rivers to make sure the show goes on. Fortunately for Harry, Mr. Irving is able to pull through and walk the boards as planned. But when his understudy is killed the very next day, Harry's boss, Bram Stoker, becomes convinced that foul play is afoot. As more cast and crew members falling victim to the increasingly dangerous accidents on set, it's up to Harry and Stoker to figure out which of Irving's critics has a voodoo vendetta ...