Murder Off Stage

By: Mary Miley

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Hardcover | 5 September 2023

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224 Pages

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14.6 x 22.4 x 2.7

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Welcome to Broadway - and to an unthinkable crime! Former theatre starlet turned amateur sleuth Jessie Beckett gets mixed up in murder when an on-stage shooting turns all too real.

New York, 1926. It's not like Jessie Beckett goes around looking for murders to solve, but the vaudeville star turned movie script girl has a natural talent for it. After a lifetime on stage, she's sensitive to details that other people miss.

So when leading theatre star Allen Crenshaw is shot live on stage during a performance of hit Broadway show Rules of Engagement - a horrified Jessie watching from the second row - she knows she has to act fast before Allen's co-star, the beautiful Norah Rose, goes down for murder. After all, it was Norah who fired the fateful bullet . . . even if the shooting was all part of the show.

Jessie investigates those closest to Allen - the presence of her theatre companion, the superstar Adele Astaire, opening doors wherever they go - and finds only enemies. With the suspects for the disliked actor so numerous, can she uncover the truth in time to save Norah - or will the killer silence her too?

Packed with real-life stars of the stage and screen, this page-turning romp through the boards and backstreets of Broadway is a perfect pick for readers who enjoy Jazz Age mysteries with intrepid female sleuths.

Industry Reviews

Movie stars, historical detail, and a clever mystery combine for a fun read * Kirkus Reviews *
An enjoyable treat . . . For fans of earlier books in the series or of Katharine Schellman's "Nightingale" mysteries, also set in 1920s NYC * Library Journal *
Engrossing * Publishers Weekly on Murder in Disguise *
A little sparkle, a hint of sex, some wily Prohibition-era shenanigans, and one smart cookie in the lead make this a great read * Booklist on Renting Silence *
This entertaining historical will delight those who like the 1920s-set mysteries of Suzanne Arruda and George Baxt * Library Journal on Renting Silence *
Plenty of Roaring '20s ambience and enough red herrings to keep things mysterious * Kirkus Reviews on Deadly Spirits *
Gripping . . . Readers will hope to see a lot more of the resourceful Maddie * Publishers Weekly on Deadly Spirits *
This is a real treat for readers who love stories set in the Roaring '20s * Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Spirits and Smoke *
Fans of fast-paced historical mysteries will appreciate Miley's latest * Library Journal Starred Review of Spirits and Smoke *
All the colorful characters and historic details from the heroine's debut * Kirkus Reviews on Spirits and Smoke *

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