{"id":40741,"date":"2026-08-17T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=40741"},"modified":"2026-08-17T09:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:00:25","slug":"stage-fright-by-ellen-hart-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/stage-fright-by-ellen-hart-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage Fright by Ellen Hart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\r\n\r\nWhen 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&#8217;s suspect list. Determined to clear her name, Jane teams up with her eccentric, theater-loving best friend, Cordelia Thorn. 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