Murder Off Stage (A Roaring Twenties Mystery)

Mystery Writers of America Award-winner Mary Miley blends the glitz and glamour of 1920s America with a killer murder plot in this dazzling Roaring Twenties Mystery—a must-read for fans of Prohibition-era backdrops starring speakeasies, gangsters, murder, and more! “Miley shows a deft touch and sets a blistering pace” DAVID BALDACCI “Jessie’s travels bring to life the fascinating, vanished world of vaudeville” HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY “Jessie truly is a honey” THE NEW YORK TIMES “Readers who enjoy Jacqueline Winspear and Carola Dunn will want to follow this series” BOOKLIST “For fans of . . . Katharine Schellman's Nightingale Mysteries” LIBRARY JOURNAL _______________________ Welcome to Broadway! Jessie gets mixed up in murder when an on-stage shooting turns all too real in this dazzling and intriguing Roaring Twenties Mystery. A cast of suspects. A killer in the wings. 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. When leading theater star Allen Crenshaw is shot live on stage during a Broadway performance—a horrified Jessie watching from the second row—she knows she has to act fast before Allen’s co-star, 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 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? Readers of BARBARA HAMBLY’s Silver Screen Historical Mysteries, JACQUELINE WINSPEAR’s Masie Dobbs series, and CAROLA DUNN’s Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries will adore Mary Miley’s Roaring Twenties Mysteries with their Prohibition-era backdrop of speakeasies, vaudeville houses, gangsters, and murder!   PRAISE FOR MURDER OFF STAGE “Movie stars, historical detail, and a clever mystery combine for a fun read” Kirkus Reviews “An enjoya