The astonishing new Mallory novel from the New York Timesβbestselling author and one of the most acclaimed crime writers in America.
The reviews called it βA Play to Die Forβ after the woman was found dead in the front row. It didnβt seem so funny the next night, when another body was foundβthis time the playwrightβs, his throat slashed.
Detective Kathy Mallory takes over, but no matter what she asks, no one seems to be giving her a straight answer. The only personβif βpersonβ is the right wordβwho seems to be clear is the ghostwriter. Every night, an unseen backstage hand chalks up line changes and messages on a blackboard. And the ghostwriter is now writing Mallory into the play itself, a play about a long-ago massacre that may not be at all fictional. βMALLORY,β the blackboard reads. βTONIGHTβS THE NIGHT. NOTHING PERSONAL.β
If Mallory canβt find out whoβs responsible, heads will roll. Unfortunately, one of them may be her own.
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