The Music Hall Murder: A Ruby Redlick Historical Mystery (Demimondaine Detective Agency)

London 1909. Young Ruby Redlick escapes Upper Norwood for a life on the West End stage. After a perilous encounter, she meets Ivy, a Gaiety Girl who takes Ruby to her Soho lodgings. She’s soon introduced to the exciting world of the music hall with its aristocratic Stage-door Johnnies, as well as the Italian anarchists who throng Soho’s coffee houses. Ruby is delighted with her new life, until one night she’s backstage when a thief steals a maharajah’s emerald jewels and an actress is murdered. Inspector Ruggle immediately blames the crime on the dead girl but Ruby is convinced she’s innocent and determines she’ll clear her name. Involved in the decadent Belle Epoque London nightlife, filled with the occult, spirit magick and seance, she comes closer to unmasking the real culprit and endangers her own life. In a race across the country to an ancient Scottish castle, she must find the murderer before they strike again. Book 1 In The Demimondaine Detective Agency Series Introduces Ruby Redlick, A Girl From Upper Norwood Who Dreams Of The West End's Bright Lights But Finds Herself Drawn Into Secret Machinations Of Pre-war 1900s. Ruby Is Determined To Become A Real Actress On The London Stage. But During The Edwardian Era Pretty Girls Are More Often Drawn To The Music Hall And Become Courtesans To Lords And Kings. She Barely Has A Foot Through The Stage Door, When A Theft Of Jewels And A Murder Occurs. An Avid Reader Of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, She Believes She Has The Talent For Amateur Sleuthing And Is Drawn To Investigate. With Help From Soho Anarchists And Militant Suffragettes, She Delves Deeper Into Solving The Crime. Ruby's Growing Fame Allows Her Access To London's Pre-war Glittering Nightlife, But As She Follows Her Intuition To Find The Murderer, Someone Has A Deadly Secret They're Determined To Keep At Any Cost. And Someone Else Wants Ruby To Engage In Intrigue That Will Put Her In A World Of Danger. The Music Hall Murder Is Historical Fiction Set In Edwardian England And The French Riviera Gambling Resort Of Monte Carlo Where All Of Europe's Notorious Characters Congregate. It Features A Wealth Of Real Life Characters And A Murder Mystery That Will Propel Ruby Into A Glamorous Cloak-and-dagger World Of Intertwining Conspiracy.