Death By Design

What happens when you mix the brilliant wit of Noel Coward with the intricate plotting of Agatha Christie? Set during a weekend in an English country manor in 1932 Death by Design is a delightful and mysterious mash-up of two of the greatest English writers of all time. Edward Bennett a playwright and his wife Sorel Bennett an actress flee London and head to Cookham after a disastrous opening night. But various guests arrive unexpectedly - a conservative politician a fiery socialist a nearsighted ingenue a zany modern dancer - each with a long-held secret. When one of the guests is murdered its left to Bridgit the feisty Irish maid with a macabre interest in homicide to solve the crime. Death by Design is more than homage - its a new classic.