BOOK 2 IN THE HOUSEKEEPER MYSTERY SERIES - SUSPENSE WITHOUT SMUT 2026 SILVER MEDALIST IN THE GLOBAL BOOK AWARDS MYSTERY SERIES CATEGORY ALWAYS LEAVE A STAGE LIGHT ON IN AN EMPTY THEATER NEVER WHISTLE BACKSTAGE NEVER SAY GOOD LUCK, and NEVER, EVER SAY THE NAME MACBETH In a century-old Austin theater, secrets cast long shadows. When the missing stage manager's body falls from a light bridge, it becomes clear that the ballet company is being targeted. Someone will stop at nothing-including murder-to keep the theater's darkest secrets buried. Mrs. B., the housekeeper/Gal Friday, with a nose for trouble, and Father Melvyn Kronkey, the pastor at St. Francis de Sales, with an encyclopedic knowledge of organized crime history, are pulled into a dangerous investigation. As they dig deeper, the noose of personal danger tightens. Warm, witty, and dripping with atmosphere, this mystery delivers genuine suspense intensified by LaLa, the rectory cat with an uncanny sense of people, but its down-home charm does nothing to distract from the danger exploding to the surface, because some secrets refuse to stay buried. Will the truth take its curtain call? And who will survive to watch it? Grab your copy now-enter the theater and find out. 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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