Comedy Can Be Deadly

When the curtain falls, the body count rises.

When former nurse Sho Tanaka reluctantly takes on a leading role in a community theater production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he expects his biggest challenge to be remembering his lines. But when a fellow actor takes a deadly tumble, Sho finds himself tangled in a web of secrets, lies, and murder most foul.

With his best friend and the town mayor, Levi Blue, at his side, Sho must navigate a cast of quirky suspects, each with motives murkier than the Guadalupe River. From the high-strung director with a flair for drama to the method actor who takes his roles a little too seriously, everyone’s got something to hide.

Will Sho and Levi unmask the killer before the curtain falls, or will they find themselves upstaged in a deadly denouement?

Perfect for fans of Shakespeare, small-town mysteries, and quirky characters, this novel proves that even in the quaintest of communities, comedy can quickly turn to tragedy.