The 24th formerly Inspector, now Superintendent Alleyn detective novel. A mysterious wealthy patron gives a young man a "bombed-out" theater along with a glove belonging to "the bard," Shakespeare. Once the theater is renovated, the man is inspired to write a play about the glove. The play is a success, a violent death occurs, someone is attacked and the glove is stolen.
Dame Ngaio Marsh, one of New Zealand’s most remarkable and charismatic women, was world-renowned as a leading crime fiction writer and as an eminent Shakespearian producer.
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