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Welcome to Broadway - and to an unthinkable crime! Former theatre starlet turned amateur sleuth Jessie Beckett gets mixed up in murder when an on-stage shooting turns all too real. New York, 1926. It's not like Jessie Beckett goes around looking for murders to solve, but the vaudeville star turned movie script girl has a natural talent for it. After a lifetime on stage, she's sensitive to details that other people miss. So when leading theater star Allen Crenshaw is shot live on stage during a performance of hit Broadway show Rules of Engagement - a horrified Jessie watching from the second row - she knows she has to act fast before Allen's co-star, the beautiful Norah Rose, goes down for murder. After all, it was Norah who fired the fateful bullet . . . even if the shooting was all part of the show. Jessie investigates those closest to Allen - the presence of her theater companion, the superstar Adele Astaire, opening doors wherever they go - and finds only enemies. With the suspects for the disliked actor so numerous, can she uncover the truth in time to save Norah - or will the killer silence her too? Packed with real-life stars of the stage and screen, this page-turning romp through the boards and backstreets of Broadway is a perfect pick for readers who enjoy Jazz Age mysteries with intrepid female sleuths.

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Engrossing * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Murder in Disguise</b> * A little sparkle, a hint of sex, some wily Prohibition-era shenanigans, and one smart cookie in the lead make this a great read * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Renting Silence</b> * This entertaining historical will delight those who like the 1920s-set mysteries of Suzanne Arruda and George Baxt * <b>Library Journal</b> on <b>Renting Silence</b> * Plenty of Roaring '20s ambience and enough red herrings to keep things mysterious * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Deadly Spirits</b> * Gripping . . . Readers will hope to see a lot more of the resourceful Maddie * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Deadly Spirits</b> * This is a real treat for readers who love stories set in the Roaring '20s * <b>Publishers Weekly Starred Review</b> of <b>Spirits and Smoke</b> * Fans of fast-paced historical mysteries will appreciate Miley's latest * <b>Library Journal Starred Review</b> of <b>Spirits and Smoke</b> * All the colorful characters and historic details from the heroine's debut * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Spirits and Smoke</b> * Skillfully combines the tantalizing atmosphere of a speakeasy- and mob-filled Chicago, historical figures, and an intriguing mystery * <b>Library Journal Starred Review</b> of <b>The Mystic's Accomplice</b> * Appealing . . . This historical mystery series is off to a flying start * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>The Mystic's Accomplice</b> *

Movie stars, historical detail, and a clever mystery combine for a fun read * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> * An enjoyable treat . . . For fans of earlier books in the series or of Katharine Schellman's ""Nightingale"" mysteries, also set in 1920s NYC * <b>Library Journal</b> * Engrossing * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Murder in Disguise</b> * A little sparkle, a hint of sex, some wily Prohibition-era shenanigans, and one smart cookie in the lead make this a great read * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Renting Silence</b> * This entertaining historical will delight those who like the 1920s-set mysteries of Suzanne Arruda and George Baxt * <b>Library Journal</b> on <b>Renting Silence</b> * Plenty of Roaring '20s ambience and enough red herrings to keep things mysterious * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Deadly Spirits</b> * Gripping . . . Readers will hope to see a lot more of the resourceful Maddie * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Deadly Spirits</b> * This is a real treat for readers who love stories set in the Roaring '20s * <b>Publishers Weekly Starred Review</b> of <b>Spirits and Smoke</b> * Fans of fast-paced historical mysteries will appreciate Miley's latest * <b>Library Journal Starred Review</b> of <b>Spirits and Smoke</b> * All the colorful characters and historic details from the heroine's debut * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Spirits and Smoke</b> *

Movie stars, historical detail, and a clever mystery combine for a fun read * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> * Engrossing * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Murder in Disguise</b> * A little sparkle, a hint of sex, some wily Prohibition-era shenanigans, and one smart cookie in the lead make this a great read * <b>Booklist</b> on <b>Renting Silence</b> * This entertaining historical will delight those who like the 1920s-set mysteries of Suzanne Arruda and George Baxt * <b>Library Journal</b> on <b>Renting Silence</b> * Plenty of Roaring '20s ambience and enough red herrings to keep things mysterious * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Deadly Spirits</b> * Gripping . . . Readers will hope to see a lot more of the resourceful Maddie * <b>Publishers Weekly</b> on <b>Deadly Spirits</b> * This is a real treat for readers who love stories set in the Roaring '20s * <b>Publishers Weekly Starred Review</b> of <b>Spirits and Smoke</b> * Fans of fast-paced historical mysteries will appreciate Miley's latest * <b>Library Journal Starred Review</b> of <b>Spirits and Smoke</b> * All the colorful characters and historic details from the heroine's debut * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Spirits and Smoke</b> * Skillfully combines the tantalizing atmosphere of a speakeasy- and mob-filled Chicago, historical figures, and an intriguing mystery * <b>Library Journal Starred Review</b> of <b>The Mystic’s Accomplice</b> *

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Mary Miley grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Virginia, and worked her way through the College of William and Mary in Virginia as a costumed tour guide at Colonial Williamsburg. As Mary Miley Theobald, she has published numerous nonfiction books and articles on history, travel and business topics. As Mary Miley, she is the award-winning author of the Roaring Twenties mysteries and the Mystic's Accomplice mysteries series. When she's not home writing, she can be found in the fields or bottling factory at Valley Road Vineyards, the Virginia winery she (and a few friends) own, where everything she does would have been illegal in the Roaring Twenties.

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