The show must go on. Even if the leading lady doesn't.
The cast of a new comedy has just weeks to polish their drawing room production in Boston before it heads to Broadway. But behind the curtain, the real drama is far less amusing. A leading man and woman locked in a bitter divorce. An understudy who lost the role she was promised. A hungry young actor with his eye on stardom. And a quiet dispute over who truly wrote the play.
Then, during a rehearsal for the curtain call, a sandbag falls from the rigging above, and the leading lady never rises to take her final bow.
Was it a tragic accident, or did someone in this company have murder on their mind long before opening night? Amanda has a gift for reading people, and her husband Brendan, a police lieutenant, has a gift for reading evidence. Together they will have to peel back layer after layer of rehearsed charm to find the one performance that was never an act.
