FOREWORD
CHAPTER I
Prologue to a Play
CHAPTER II
“Overture and Beginners, Please”
CHAPTER III
Death of the Beaver
CHAPTER IV
Alleyn Takes Over
CHAPTER V
Statement of the Stage Manager
CHAPTER VI
Into the Small Hours
CHAPTER VII
Props
CHAPTER VIII
Felix Gardener
CHAPTER IX
Stephanie Vaughan’s Shoulder
CHAPTER X
The Day After
CHAPTER XI
Nigel Turns Sleuth
CHAPTER XII
Surbonadier’s Flat
CHAPTER XIII
Contents of an Iron-Bound Box
CHAPTER XIV
Gardener Looks Backwards
CHAPTER XV
Achilles’ Heel
CHAPTER XVI
The Inquest
CHAPTER XVII
Shane Street to the Yard
CHAPTER XVIII
Arrest
CHAPTER XIX
Nigel Warned Off
CHAPTER XX
Exit Props
CHAPTER XXI
This Ineffable Effrontery
CHAPTER XXII
Final Curtain
CHAPTER XXIII
Epilogue to a Play
