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What's this? Reluctant PI Stanley Hastings playing the lead in George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man on two days notice? What could possibly go wrong? Well, a backstage murder during dress rehearsal for starters."A real romp. Hilarious. Wins our vote for Best Performance by an Actor on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown."-Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review"If you enjoy the backstage backgrounds of writers like Ngaio Marsh and Simon Brett, and if the prospect of an unashamedly...
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What's this? Reluctant PI Stanley Hastings playing the lead in George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man on two days notice? What could possibly go wrong? Well, a backstage murder during dress rehearsal for starters."A real romp. Hilarious. Wins our vote for Best Performance by an Actor on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown."-Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review"If you enjoy the backstage backgrounds of writers like Ngaio Marsh and Simon Brett, and if the prospect of an unashamedly old-fashioned whodunit with no apparent concern beyond reader pleasure is attractive, this is your book."-Jon. L. Breen, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine"Easily one of the best backstage murder mysteries I have read."-Mystery Review"The standing ovation is well deserved."-Publishers Weekly