Murder in the Dressing Room
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A December 2025 RuPaul's Book Club Pick!
A poisoned chocolate. A stolen dress. An elusive catburglar. Drag’s not just dramatic, it’s deadly.
By day, Joe is a hotel accountant, invisibly sitting behind their desk and playing by the rules. By night, donned in sequins, they take to the stage as Misty Divine, a star of the London drag scene.
But when Misty’s drag mother, Lady Lady, is found dead in her dressing room beside a poisoned box of chocolates, Misty and her fellow performers become the prime suspects.
Heartbroken by the loss, and frustrated by the clear biases of the police, Misty must solve the crime before the culprit strikes again. Among the drop-dead gorgeous lurks a cutthroat killer, and Misty Divine won't rest until she finds out who it is.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
British playwright and drag queen Stars debuts with a witty murder mystery centered on budding London drag star Misty Divine. A fearless glamazon when she's onstage at the legendary Lady's Bar in Soho, Misty reverts to being average Joe Brown by day, working a dreary hotel job and binge-watching crime shows. One night, Misty's mentor, Lady Lady, is poisoned in her dressing room after appearing onstage in a dress believed to have been worn by Judy Garland and valued at nearly a quarter-million pounds. When the police arrive, they're less interested in finding Lady's killer than in determining how the stolen garment made it from a boutique in South Kensington to a drag club. Realizing the cops are unlikely to conduct much more than a perfunctory investigation, Misty resolves to take matters into her own hands, putting her skills as a couch detective to use within the backstabbing world of London drag. With lovable characters, lively dialogue, and dry humor ("It was a Wednesday night, hence the title of the chapter"), Stars concocts a winning formula. It's a glittering good time.
