CONTENTS: 

To Catch an Actress:  Actress, Angela Benson, inherits a fortune when her aunt is murdered, but the killer is never found, and suspicion continues to cloud her life, until one day, a young journalist discovers some startling new evidence that casts a new light on the three-year-old case. 

Fugue for Two Ferraris:  During a hair-raising drive up Interstate 5, Philippa Beary not only deals with an aggravating and lecherous escort, but also uncovers a ruthless murderer.

The Death of Turandot:  Philippa’s debut in the opera chorus is marred when Diva, Lisa Metz, is found stabbed to death in her dressing room after a triumphant performance of Turandot.

TO CATCH AN ACTRESS
and Other Mystery Stories
Author:  Elizabeth Elwood
Publisher:  iUniverse
ISBN number:  0-595-34409-7
iUniverse Editor’s Choice

Death and the Doorknockers:  Bertram Beary catches a cunning murderer while plodding around the campaign trail on a dreary November evening.

A Body for Sparafucile:  When Philippa and her friend, Adam, take a break from the opera workshop to relax at the beach, their idyll is interrupted when a woman hurtles to her death from the top of the cliff.

Bow, Bow, Ye Upper Middle Classes:  Beary reluctantly escorts his wife to a fundraising dinner, but his boredom is rapidly alleviated when an unpopular ex-finance minister collapses and dies at the head table.

Constabulary Duty:  Murder strikes during an amateur operatic society production of The Pirates of Penzance.

Mortality Play:  A Church Morality Play ends tragically and the only witness is a small girl who doesn’t realize she may be in danger.

Fatal Interval:  Richard Beary is drawn to a fascinating lady during the interval of a performance of Il Trovatore but fate has something else in store from what he had in mind.

Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning:  Philippa Beary is spending the summer playing Laurie in a production of Oklahoma at Stanley Park’s Malkin Bowl.  She becomes intrigued by a mysterious widow who regularly walks the paths of the rose garden, but one day the sunlight exposes the expression behind the veil, and Philippa starts to wonder about the story behind the black widow’s smile.