Murder She Wrote

Informationen zum Autor Jessica Fletcher is a bestselling mystery writer who has a knack for stumbling upon real-life mysteries in her various travels. Donald Bain, Jessica Fletcher's longtime collaborator, is the writer of over eighty books, many of them bestsellers. Klappentext Jessica Fletcher is in the Berkshires attending a writers' conference at a historic mansion where her friends the Savoys are hosting a murder-mystery party. As both a crime solver and a mystery author, Jessica is an old hand at this kind of thing. So she swears to the Savoys that she won't reveal the secrets of their play and goes about enjoying the weekend with her colleagues. But when a young actor's murder scene appears all too real, no one can tell what's scripted and what isn't. They say the show must go on, but everyone is wondering: Who really dunit? Leseprobe Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-one Chapter Twenty-two Chapter Twenty-three Chapter Twenty-four Answers to the questions posed at Mohawk House's Murder Mystery Weekend, which ... . . . AND . . . CURTAIN! Who's this? the actor playing Detective Carboroni asked the character Whittaker. My daughter's former suitor, Whittaker replied, sounding pleased. That you? the detective said to Cynthia. She responded by letting out a bloodcurdling wail and running from the stage. Her mother, Victoria, had collapsed on the couch, where she fanned herself with a magazine. Carboroni nudged his toe into Paul's side. There was no response from the fallen actor. It all sounded like scripted banter, but I sensed something was wrong. From my vantage point, I could tell that Paul hadn't moved a muscle since stumbling into the scene and falling at Cynthia's feet. The pool of fake blood had been widening. I saw a stricken look come over Larry Savoy's face. He motioned to Melinda in the wings, and the curtain began to close. . . . O THER BOOKS IN THE Murder, She Wrote SERIES Manhattans & Murder Rum & Razors Brandy & Bullets Martinis & Mayhem A Deadly Judgment A Palette for Murder The Highland Fling Murders Murder on the QE2 Murder in Moscow A Little Yuletide Murder Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch Knock 'Em Dead Gin & Daggers Trick or Treachery Blood on the Vine Murder in a Minor Key ProvenceTo Die For You Bet Your Life Majoring in Murder Destination Murder Dying to Retire A Vote for Murder The Maine Mutiny Margaritas & Murder SIGNET Published by New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Ireland, 25 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd.) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty. Ltd.) Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, ...

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Jessica Fletcher

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Jessica Fletcher is in the Berkshires attending a writers' conference at a historic mansion where her friends the Savoys are hosting a murder-mystery party. As both a crime solver and a mystery author, Jessica is an old hand at this kind of thing. So she swears to the Savoys that she won't reveal the secrets of their play and goes about enjoying the weekend with her colleagues.But when a young actor's murder scene appears all too real, no one can tell what's scripted and what isn't. They say the show must go on, but everyone is wondering: Who really dunit?

Zusammenfassung
Jessica Fletcher is in the Berkshires attending a writers’ conference at a historic mansion where her friends the Savoys are hosting a murder-mystery party. As both a crime solver and a mystery author, Jessica is an old hand at this kind of thing. So she swears to the Savoys that she won’t reveal the secrets of their play and goes about enjoying the weekend with her colleagues. But when a young actor’s murder scene appears all too real, no one can tell what’s scripted and what isn’t. They say the show must go on, but everyone is wondering: Who really dunit?

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

 

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-one

Chapter Twenty-two

Chapter Twenty-three

Chapter Twenty-four

 

Answers to the questions posed at Mohawk House’s Murder Mystery Weekend, which ...

. . . AND . . . CURTAIN!

“Who’s this?” the actor playing Detective Carboroni asked the character Whittaker.

“My daughter’s former suitor,” Whittaker replied, sounding pleased.

“That you?” the detective said to Cynthia.

She responded by letting out a bloodcurdling wail and running from the stage. Her mother, Victoria, had collapsed on the couch, where she fanned herself with a magazine.

Carboroni nudged his toe into Paul’s side. There was no response from the fallen actor.

It all sounded like scripted banter, but I sensed something was wrong. From my vantage point, I could tell that Paul hadn’t moved a muscle since stumbling into the scene and falling at Cynthia’s feet. The pool of fake blood had been widening. I saw a stricken look come over Larry Savoy’s face. He motioned to Melinda in the wings, and the curtain began to close. . . .

OTHER BOOKS IN THE Murder, She Wrote SERIES

Manhattans & Murder
Rum & Razors
Brandy & Bullets
Martinis & Mayhem
A Deadly Judgment
A Palette for Murder
The Highland Fling Murders
Murder on the QE2
Murder in Moscow
A Little Yuletide Murder
Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch
Knock ’Em Dead
Gin & Daggers
Trick or Treachery
Blood on the Vine
Murder in a Minor Key
Provence—To Die For
You Bet Your Life
Majoring in Murder
Destination Murder
Dying to Retire
A Vote for Murder
The Maine Mutiny
Margaritas & Murder

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