Actor

What's this? Stanley Hastings playing the lead in George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man on two days notice? What could possibly go wrong? Well, a backstage murder during dress rehearsal, for starters.
 
"A real romp. Hilarious. Wins our vote for Best Performance by an Actor on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown."
—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review
 
"If you enjoy the backstage backgrounds of writers like Ngaio Marsh and Simon Brett, and if the prospect of an unashamedly old-fashioned whodunit with no apparent concern beyond reader pleasure is attractive, this is your book."
—Jon. L. Breen, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
 
"Easily one of the best backstage murder mysteries I have read."
—Mystery Review
 
"The standing ovation is well deserved."
—Publishers Weekly