The Strangling on the Stage Author:Simon Brett Mismatched friends Jude Nichol and Carole Seddon don't agree on much--especially amateur theater. But that doesn't stop Jude from taking a role in the local production of Shaw's The Devil's Disciple. Then the handsome, womanizing lead actor, Ritchie Good, turns up hanging from the onstage gallows. His death could be a special effect gone wrong. ... more »But Jude and Carole soon find a cast full of murderous motives. Did the company's stressed director want the irresponsible actor permanently cut? Did a capricious diva kill Ritchie to sink the production? And where is the put-upon script prompter who was victimized by Good? Now Jude and Carole must expose fake truths and real lies to stop a cunning killer who
s ready to bring down the curtain on their next innocent victim..."« less