Murder in the Second Row

Large print edition. Many things can go wrong between casting a show and Opening Night. Finding a body in the second row is only one of them. The old Regent Theatre needs repairs, its future under threat when developers want to build a shopping mall on the site. In a last desperate attempt to save her beloved theatre, manager Jessica Jones encourages the committee to stage an Agatha Christie classic, Appointment with Death. The roles are cast and rehearsals begin, but hot young actress Tamara Fitzpatrick is found dead in the auditorium and police close the theatre just weeks before opening night. In true showbiz fashion, the show must go on, and Jessica has to juggle the production, a police investigation, her attraction to one of the detectives, and an escalating series of crazed threats being made against the theatre. This is the first in the series of Theatre Mysteries. It is followed by Body on the Stage.