Opening night at the Sceptre Theatre, 14 May 1937. In the final scene of "The Midnight Guest," an actor fires a prop revolver at the leading lady — and Lillian Frayne doesn't get up again. The blank was swapped for a live round backstage, sometime during the second interval. Everyone suspects the man who pulled the trigger. That's exactly the trap he's counting on. The evidence is on the table. The solution is sealed. Can you prove how — and why — before you break the seal?
33 pages of original evidence — printed, aged, and ready to investigate.
