The elderly familiy solicitor preferred to take his 4:00 tea in chambers. But this afternoon, tea was served with sudden death. Any of the clients who consulted him that day had the opportunity to sneak back and do the deed. But London's leading actor, Joseph Dowling, had a motive. And in his current performance of Macbeth he also had a bloody dagger - the same one found in the lawyer's back.

Antony Maitland takes on this case and must find the real killer before an innocent Macbeth takes his final curtain call. ( )