When Myrtle Clover and her friend Miles attend a play in their small town, there?s a full house on opening night.It?s clear to Myrtle that one of the actresses is a stage hog who loves stealing the spotlight. Nandina Marshall certainly does upstage everyone?when her murder forces an unexpected intermission.Can Myrtle and Miles discover who was behind her final curtain call?.before murder makes an … an encore?
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Great fun cozy with all too believable octogenarian nosy sleuths and an exasperated police chief. Great escape from all the whatevers!
Judy blue really adds to the fun and sleuthing with her audio interpretation.
This review is for the audio book.
This is another entertaining and captivating book in the fun Myrtle Clover series that I just love. Once again the author cleverly combines humour with mystery that keeps you hooked until the end. I love the characters and think they bring a smile to the face of anyone that listens to them. Whether it is psychic Wander making up horoscopes and drowning everyone in squash, Pasha the cat terrorising unsuspecting neighbours, Jack’s energetic enthusiasm for everything, Miles bouts of insomnia, Myrtles own attempts at cooking there is bound to be a character or situation that will have you laughing. The mystery was good and entertaining and with so many suspects it does keep you guessing. I can see why this series has made it way all the way to book number 9 and do you know what? it hasn’t lost any of it sparkle and I hope there are a lot more to come.
Myrtle and Miles are attending the opening night of the eagerly awaited showing of Malaise, a show put on at there local theatre, a group the Myrtle’s very own daughter in law has become heavily involved with. The show hardly begins before the show is brought to a sudden stop, one of the actors was murdered on stage while the set was being changed. Myrtle soon discovers the actress wasn’t very well liked making everyone on stage a suspect, but who had the opportunity to killer her? With help from her sidekick Miles the pair launch there own investigation and with the help of Wonders squash, which Mytle turns into a squash casserole they get to interview all the cast members but can they really narrow down the suspect list to one? Wonder is keeping busy writing horoscopes for the newspaper and growing vegetables, the only help she can provide them is to say “You are in danger”. Can the pair find the killer or will it be curtains for one of them?
I liked the narrator as she gives each character there own voice and whether it was old or young it sounded just right for them
When Myrtle Clover’s daughter-in-law Elaine gives her free tickets to a play that is being featured in the community theatre, Myrtle decides to invite her friend and trusty sidekick Miles to go with her for a night out. That night turns out very different than either of them thought when the star of the cast turns up dead on stage. Having witnessed the cast of the play at Bo’s Diner fighting amongst themselves, Myrtle has suspicions that it could have been murder.
With her usual determination to solve this murder investigation before her son, the police chief of their small town of Bradley, North Carolina, Myrtle begins to snoop around. She thinks that things are going well… until another cast member ends up dead. With twisted relationships, motives on every side, and secrets hiding behind practiced smiles, Myrtle has to quickly come up with the answer, or she might end up becoming the next victim. Can she survive this mystery, or will it be her last?
This was a great book to add to the Myrtle Clover series. The old characters get more depth, and the new characters are a welcome addition, and they’re different enough to make them fascinating. This time the new characters are all actors connected to theatre life. They’re all so unique, and the murderer was actually a surprise. The interactions between the new characters were entertaining, and it added rich layers to the mystery. And Wanda is just as clever as ever, which was a great bit of entertainment. Craig always mixes it up with her, and she is just fantastically funny.
If you love Myrtle Clover, you won’t regret picking this book up. This is a great cozy mystery, and it adds even more depth to this rich southern small town that Craig has invented. The more I read, the more I want to read. Myrtle has spunk and a sharp tongue, and she is one of my favorite sleuths. This mystery is a fun, surprising mess, and it’s glorious.