Played to Death

<p><strong><em>It’s curtains down for one actor when preparations for a new murder mystery play at the local theatre take a chillingly real twist . . .</em></strong></p> <p><strong>The Librarian</strong></p> <p>Retirement <em>was</em> beckoning until local lawyer Adam Cunningham – aka the Hopewell Players’ pantomime dame – requested my professional opinion on the script of their next play that he's been given.</p> <p><strong>The Lawyer</strong></p> <p>The script is terrible! And it rips off a number of Golden Age mysteries. With Roly’s knowledge of crime fiction, I might be able to get the whole thing cancelled.</p> <p><strong>The Producer</strong></p> <p>I couldn’t believe it when I learned that my late father had written a play of all things! And now the players will perform his work – until one of them is found dead. . .</p> <p><strong>The Inspector</strong></p> <p>A body on the stage of the local playhouse doesn’t happen often round here. Was it a pre-rehearsal accident, suicide . . . or is the spotlight about to fall on a murderer?</p> <p><strong>Told from the point of view of four unreliable narrators, most of whom can't be trusted – The Librarian, The Lawyer, The Producer and The Inspector – this cunningly inventive novel is a refreshingly fun, subversive take on the crime fiction genre.</strong></p>