SUSPENSE WITHOUT SMUT ALWAYS LEAVE A STAGE LIGHT ON IN AN EMPTY THEATER NEVER WHISTLE BACKSTAGE NEVER SAY GOOD LUCK, and NEVER, EVER SAY THE NAME MACBETHSTAGED FOR MURDER. Austin, Texas. Excitement like an electrical charge fills the Bernardi- Bono Ballet Company. They are about to premiere a new ballet: Macbeth. Everyone knows the bard's story carries superstitions and threats beyond the usual theatre lore, but no one is worried, not even when the stage manager goes missing. There must be a rational explanation, after all, these are modern times, right? There are no curses, right? Until. . . The missing stage manager's dead body plummets from the light bridge during a rehearsal. Murdered Is the infamous Macbeth curse at work, or is it a human threat? The police become involved, and so do Mrs. B. and Father Melvyn. They are pulled into the investigation by the dead stage manager's wife and by Mrs. B.'s son, the artistic director of the ballet company. Mrs. B. and Father Melvyn must use their powers of reason and deduction to solve the murder before anyone else dies and before the ballet company is ruined. Or is the answer beyond human reach? Buy it today if you dare to discover what happens next. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: "A fun read with a quick pace and some well-developed characters with a quick wit and easy to relate to on several levels." "The manner in which the pace of storytelling is irresistible throughout makes this second volume of Della Notte's mystery series an invitation for the mysteries to continue. This story kept my attention from the first page. A great mystery that is well written. "Recommended"
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