Acting Can Be Murder
A Como Lake Players Mystery
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
(previously published under the pen name Bobbie Raymond)
The Phrase “Dying On Stage” Takes on a Whole New Meaning
After fleeing a failed relationship in New York, actress Leah Sexton finds herself as the new Executive Director of the Como Lake Players—a small community theater nestled in a sleepy St. Paul neighborhood. The initial calm of this new position is shattered immediately when a local critic—who had just panned the theater’s latest production—is found murdered on the show’s set.
On the heels of this grisly discovery, the show’s lead actress tumbles down a flight of stairs—or was she pushed? To keep the show running and the theater afloat, Leah offers to step into the leading role. The arrival of her ex-boyfriend amid anonymous threats against her and the show require Leah to act as if her life depends on it. Because it does.
Customer Reviews
Take a Bow John Gaspard
I'd previously read some of John Gaspard's Eli Marks mysteries that were set in a magic shop and loved them. It seemed clear that he had experience in that world. Then I read "Acting Can Be Murder" and was transported to the world of community theatre. In this book we have Leah who has come from the big city and takes on a community theatre, complete with disrepairs, an almost invisible budget and a "set in their ways" board. These she expected. A body she did not.
The story is a delight to read, complete with a great variety of characters/suspects and a good depth of writing. It is very different than the Eli Marks series and I enjoyed that as well. From the beginning I was pretty sure about the identity of the murderer, at least until I came to the end, and realized I was completely wrong, lol. This book deserves an encore.