Print ISBN: 0312199686

Language: English

Series: Morgan Taylor Mysteries

FIC022040  –  Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths

FIC046000  –  Fiction / Jewish

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"The murderer's walk from cell to electric chair lacks the raw terror of an auditioning actor's walk across an empty stage." Morgan Taylor should know. A Chicago actress experiencing a dry spell between jobs, she desperately needs to land this important role...or her equity insurance will run out. But the elderly actress she was paired with to read that morning doesn't show. And Morgan, forced to read with a monotone stagehand, is sure she's blown the audition. Sick to her stomach, she runs to the small bathroom in the basement of the theater....where she finds the body of the actress with whom she was to read. Morgan's family is desperate for her to settle down and marry. Morgan is not speaking to her sister who is going to marry Morgan's old boyfriend. Morgan's best friend is the prime suspect in the dead actresses murder. And the detective assigned to the case doesn't seem the least put off by Morgan's artistic temperament. And so begins Morgan's surrealistic journey into the world of murder and Chicago theater at its funniest and finest.

“A thoroughly satisfying mystery debut."

—Library Journal

“Even the bit players make notable contributions in Sussman’s entertaining and witty romp, which will have readers applauding for an encore.”

—Publishers Weekly

“Lively, fully-realized characters, and our heroine’s vibrant, warm and funny persona…[make for] a fresh and entertaining debut.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Hilarious…Morgan Taylor [is] funny, smart-mouthed, totally endearing character…Although this is Morgan Taylor’s first outing, one strongly hopes that Sussman and Avidon will give her an encore.”

—Booklist

Susan Sussman with Sarajane Avidon