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A review by cmbohn
Cast for Death by Margaret Yorke
3.0
I always enjoy mysteries with a Shakespearian twist. This one had a cover with "Macbeth" written on a paper. Macbeth is my favorite Shakespeare play, so I was really excited to find this one at the library.
Unfortunately, there's only a very slim link to the Scottish play. An Oxford don named Patrick Grant is looking forward to seeing a friend play Macduff, but instead an understudy takes the role and his friend is a no show. Then he learns that the friend is dead by suicide. Grant, who has investigated crimes before, looks into the death. He can't accept it as suicide. As he follows the leads, he discovers art fraud and espionage.
The ending was a little hard to follow and not very convincing. I don't know if I've read any in this series before, but her book "No Medals for the Major" is excellent. Read that instead, but if you do, don't read the preface to this book first, because it gives the ending away.
Unfortunately, there's only a very slim link to the Scottish play. An Oxford don named Patrick Grant is looking forward to seeing a friend play Macduff, but instead an understudy takes the role and his friend is a no show. Then he learns that the friend is dead by suicide. Grant, who has investigated crimes before, looks into the death. He can't accept it as suicide. As he follows the leads, he discovers art fraud and espionage.
The ending was a little hard to follow and not very convincing. I don't know if I've read any in this series before, but her book "No Medals for the Major" is excellent. Read that instead, but if you do, don't read the preface to this book first, because it gives the ending away.