Dying to Perform

A Harper Lane Cozy Mystery

When a theatre troupe invades Harper Lane’s bookstore for rehearsals, the bookseller expects drama, not death.

But when the show’s demanding star, Victoria Chase, collapses mid-monologue, Harper and her trusty dog Watson smell the distinct scent of poison.

The police ruled it a heart attack. Harper knows it’s murder.

Was it the ambitious understudy, too eager to step into the spotlight? Or the brooding lighting technician, cousin to a vanished actress, whose margin notes read like blueprints for murder?

Victoria Chase bullied everyone, earning boos behind the curtain, not sympathy.

When threatening notes appear, "one last curtain, one last witness," and midnight break-ins plague her bookstore, Harper realizes she’s been cast in the killer’s deadly script.

The killer's using Macbeth as their murder playbook. If Harper misses her cue, the next body to hit the stage will be hers.