Caryl Brahms, born Doris Caroline Abrahams was an English critic, novelist, and journalist specialising in the theatre and ballet. She also wrote film, radio and television scripts.
Just the first of this trilogy - Bullet in the Ballet. Witty backstage murder mystery, written in 1937, featuring the innocent detective Quill and the eccentric, colourful company of Russian exiles led by Vladimir Stroganoff.