The seventh book in this delightful and unique series is as fresh and engaging as the first six. Having a different situation for each book makes good sense, and theaters always make for a good setting. As with the circus in the last book, once again Ms Greenwood has managed to get under the skin of theater life and theater folk, evoking a bygone era of sawdust and greasepaint. G&S has its own mystique, and adding a murder mystery and Chinese gangs to this heady mix gives any author enough material to fill at least one fat book. But Ms Greenwood has once again triumphed over verbosity and instead here is the usual slim volume, but bursting with plot, character and color. Anybody contemplating writing just about any type of novel ought to read some of these books to see how it is done... very highly recommended.