When aging theater icon Torald Werness is found brutally murdered on stage, impaled on a piece of the set immediately following his final performance, the Minneapolis theater community is sent into a panic. Before long, an unfortunate string of coincidences places restaurateur and amateur detective Jane Lawless at the top of the police's suspect list. Determined to clear her name, Jane teams up with her eccentric, theater-loving best friend, Cordelia Thorn. Together, they dig into the dead actor's glamorous but deeply dysfunctional family, unearthing decades of hidden rivalries, buried secrets, and lethal ambitions before the killer can strike again.
Details
| ISBN | 9781878067210 |
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| Series | Jane Lawless Mystery |
| Copyright Date | 1993 |
| Publication Date | January 1, 1993 |
| Publisher | Da Capo Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 261 |
| Language | English |
| Notes | Stage Fright (1992) is the third installment in Ellen Hart's critically acclaimed Jane Lawless mystery series, originally published by Seal Press. It is an explicit work of lesbian fiction featuring an openly lesbian protagonist, Jane Lawless—a Minneapolis restaurateur and amateur sleuth—and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery. |
| Rating | Good |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Subject | Lawless, Jane (Fictitious Character); Lesbians; Restaurateurs; Theater; Women Detectives |