The Summer Birdcage

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Duke's Company actress Kitty Burgess seems destined for greatness until she disappears after the premiere of Aminta Grey's play, The Summer Birdcage. A fellow actor claims to have seen her forced into a black coach with six horses outside the theatre. Days later, a young woman's body is discovered in Hertfordshire, believed to be Kitty. Aminta and her husband, Sir John Grey, travel to identify the victim, but the body is so mutilated that identification is difficult. However, three clues—a dress, a ring, and a copy of Aminta's script—are found with the body. Back in London, Aminta spots a woman resembling Kitty, but she vanishes into the crowd before Aminta can act. Meanwhile, rumors circulate at court that Kitty was poised to become the king's mistress, with Lady Castlemaine suspected of orchestrating her disappearance and possible murder. As John Grey realizes that proving Kitty's survival is now a shared mission, it becomes clear that her disappearance is part of a larger conspiracy. Kitty may be entangled in a perilous game, potentially facing a deadly role from which escape seems impossible.