{"product_id":"murder-off-stage-9781448311408","title":"Murder Off Stage","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWelcome to Broadway - and to an unthinkable crime! Former theater starlet turned amateur sleuth Jessie Beckett gets mixed up in murder when an on-stage shooting turns all too real.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e New York, 1926. 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. After a lifetime on stage, she's sensitive to details that other people miss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So when leading theatre star Allen Crenshaw is shot live on stage during a performance of hit Broadway show Rules of Engagement - a horrified Jessie watching from the second row - she knows she has to act fast before Allen's co-star, the beautiful 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jessie investigates those closest to Allen - the presence of her theater companion, the superstar Adele Astaire, opening doors wherever they go - 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Packed with real-life stars of the stage and screen, this page-turning romp through the boards and backstreets of Broadway is a perfect pick for readers who enjoy Jazz Age mysteries with intrepid female sleuths.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Severn House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648504664338,"sku":"9781448311408","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b8ca733d-65e7-4a78-8775-9014173d5262.jpg?v=1733242651","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/murder-off-stage-9781448311408","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}