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The Masque of Widow's End: An Arabella Grey Mystery
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 22 2025
Pages: 78
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.16 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A forgotten theatre. A masked gala. A final performance that ends in poison.
Wethersby's long-abandoned Regency playhouse is restored for a single, glittering event, but when the leading lady collapses mid-performance from a deadly dose of wolfsbane, the curtains rise on yet another chilling mystery.
England, 1906, When Arabella Grey, now 53, attends the inaugural gala at the newly revived Widow's End Theatre, she expects a night of nostalgia and local pride. Instead, she witnesses a murder meticulously staged for an audience that may no longer be alive.
As Arabella investigates, she uncovers the chilling legend of a masked affair held in 1816, the same night a scandalous young actress vanished without a trace. Now, a century later, the past is repeating itself, line for line. Someone is luring the descendants of that original audience back onto the same stage... for a final reckoning.
In this atmospheric tale of shadows, secrets, and the cost of performance, Arabella must confront an unseen playwright - one who has written her into the script.
But will she find a way to exit before the final bow?
Key Themes:Generational revenge
Identity and performance
Secrets hidden in art and architecture
The psychological toll of unresolved grief
Victorian-to-Edwardian transitional tension
Perfect for readers who love:
✔ Historical British murder mysteries
✔ Gothic atmosphere with psychological depth
✔ Strong female amateur detectives
✔ Closed-circle mysteries
✔ Thematic echoes of Laura Purcell, T.E. Kinsey, and Jacqueline Winspear
Series Information:
The Masque of Widow's End is the thirteenth novel in the Arabella Grey Mysteries, following The Violet Cross Affair, A Deadly Dinner Party, The Haunting at Blackwood Grange, The Widow's Lantern, The Riddle of the Restless Bones and others. Each book may be read as a standalone, but together they build an emotionally layered portrait of a woman shaped by justice, memory, and the mysteries that haunt quiet English villages.
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