The tide has turned for Dodie OβDell since a hurricane upended her life on the Jersey Shore. Now sheβs further up the coast in sleepy Etonville, managing a restaurant that dishes dinners themed around the community theaterβs latest productions. But Dodie just never imagined sheβd land the starring role in a case of bloody homicide . . .
Intrigued by rumors of vanishing box office money, Dodie has agreed to help oversee the casting of Romeo and Juliet at the modest Etonville Little Theater. If nothing else, itβs a welcome escape from the thirty-somethingβs usual going-to-bed-with-a-mystery-novel routine. But when Jerome Angleton, a well-respected member of the theater company, is inexplicably found murdered on the loading dock, deadly drama transcends the stageβand the page. As a crime wave crashes over the small town, the spotlight is on Dodie to orchestrate her own investigation behind the scenes . . . before someone has a chance at a killer encore.