THE EMPRESS MURDERS

A brilliant setting and dazzling cast of characters, and a Christie-like mystery that readers will love!

The Empress Murders is a rollicking, deliciously arch murder mystery set on an ocean liner in 1925. The non-stop action takes place above and below decks, with a cast of horrendously wealthy and appalling upper class twits above the water line and what they would consider the dregs of empire below decks. But all is not as it seems, of course! There is subterfuge, a Peaky-Blinders style crime gang, and scams and sex scandals and espionage. And of course, a grisly murder which sets in motion a deadly game of cat and mouse that will take more victims on a ship from which none can escape. TOBY SCHMITZ is a writer, director and actor. He was most recently seen on television in Boy Swallows Universe and on stage in Gaslight. He has received nominations for his performances in The Seagull, Thy- estes, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure, Ruben Guthrie and The Great. His television credits in- clude The Twelve and Black Sails. He is also a celebrated playwright. His plays include Degenerate Art, I Want to Sleep With Tom Stoppard and Capture the Flag. He was awarded the Patrick White Award for his play Lucky.