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A Free Dan Foster Mystery – short story

Posted on 9th December, 2024

The Volcano, or the Rival Harlequins: A Dan Foster Mystery

This year I’ve written a Dan Foster Mystery short story especially for Christmas and it’s available as a free download on the website.

It’s December 1799 and the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden is presenting its Christmas pantomime. Dan Foster, Principal Officer of Bow Street, is assigned to the theatre to help keep order among the holiday crowds. What begins as a tedious assignment turns into a murder investigation when a stage trick goes horribly wrong. But how can Dan identify a murderer when all the suspects are experts in disguise and concealment?

The story is available to download from the website (pdf document) at The Volcano, or the Rival Harlequins: A Dan Foster Mystery.

Picture Credit:

‘The Theatre Royal Covent Garden’, 1808, Thomas Rowlandson, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959 Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain