Death of a Dancing Master Author:M. E. Kemp It's 1693, and Boston's dancing master is found dead with a fencing foil through his gut. Two nosy Puritans, Hetty Henry and Creasy Cotton, are asked to investigate. The young minister who found the body has been arrested for the murder but Hetty and Creasy discover there are many other suspects including the town's ministers who preached forc... more »efully against him, the magistrates who harassed him with fines, angry husbands, and jealous women who contended for his affections. Hetty interviews the ladies who willingly confess their love for the dancing master-several confess to causing his death. Unfortunately, none of the ladies know the real means of his murder. Creasy has no luck when questioning the men, either. Later, a tavern wench gives him a note asking for a meeting, claiming she has information about the murder. When Creasy turns up for their midnight meeting he gets an unpleasant surprise. Hetty devises a plan is to set up a trap using herself as bait. She claims to know the killer's secret and demands payment for her silence. The cemetery meeting at midnight becomes a fight for Hetty's life...« less