Oscar De Muriel

The brutal slaying of a violinist in his home in 1888 sparks a locked room murder mystery investigated by two diametrically opposed Edinburgh detectives. --Publisher. Edinburgh, 1888. When a violinist is murdered in his home, his maid swears she heard three musicians playing in the night, but only one body is in the locked practice room. There is no other way in or out-- black magic symbols are on the floor-- and the suspects talk of a cursed violin...

Edinburgh, 1889. The Scottish Play is coming home. But before the darlings of London theater -- Henry Irving and Ellen Terry -- take their acclaimed Macbeth to the Edinburgh stage, terror treads the boards: A grisly message is found smeared across the cobbles in blood, foretelling someone's demise. As the bloody prophecies continue to come to fruition, Edinburgh's own beloved pair of detectives -- "Nine-Nails" McGray and Inspector Ian Frey -- enter...