Description for DIPLOMATIC CORPSE by Phoebe Atwood Taylor: The chaos surrounding preparations for the Quanomet Associates Annual Historical Pageant is such that someone almost seems intent on sabotaging the event. Several participants even feel that their lives might be in danger. But only Muriel Babcock is dead certain of it, and her battered body in the cemetery is proof sufficient. To underscore the point, however, someone biffs Asey Mayo over the head. When he awakens, it is to confront more elusive clues and suspects than he can handle. But help is ready at hand. thanks to Doc Cummings and his cousin Jenny, Asey is off on an adventure that becomes one of the wildest of his career. This is #24 in An Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery.
