Brilliant wartime mystery – Murder on Stage (An Edie York Mystery book 3) by FL Everett

My Review:

I'm really enjoying these wartime mysteries
With anecdotes relating to the time and history.
Trainee reported Edie York is starring again
But it is a theatrical element that's in pain!

Her 'friend' and his sister take her to see a show
During which the lead actor drops dead - oh, no!
Then the leading lady goes missing leaving no clue
What are this theatre group really up to?

DCI Louis Brennan is on the case straight away
With Edie helping him wherever she may.
With bombs falling and so many strange events, too,
Could they uncover the killer by finding the clues?

A story with fall outs, rationing and danger,
With actors and others really acting stranger.
Can this pair work without causing more stress
To help sort out this fatal mess!

I really like Louis' sister and her attitude, too,
Making him apologise when he needs to do!
There are new friendships and threads of history
Making this an enthralling case full of mystery.

For my copy of this book I say thank you
As I share with you this, my honest review. 

Synopsis:

England, 1941. Trainee reporter Edie York is doing her best to keep calm and carry on despite London’s Blitz dominating the news. But, at the theatre one night, she is thrust into a shocking mystery when the lead actor drops dead on stage…

The Victory Gang Parade theatre group are in town, entertaining the troops and the determinedly cheerful people of Manchester with their spectacular all-singing all-dancing show. But We’ll Meet Again becomes impossible for two cast members, when Leonard Lessiter dies suddenly mid-song, and leading lady Ginny Sutton goes missing the very same night.

Reluctantly encouraged by DCI Louis Brennan – up to his ears catching looters and ration cheats – to investigate, Edie interviews the cast and quickly uncovers jealousies, lies and back-stabbings galore. From former lovers to bitter rejects, old hands to up-and-coming ingénues, any one of them could be guilty. And the leading lady Ginny is still missing.

Then Edie gets caught in a bombing raid and finds her chief suspect stabbed with a stage dagger. As the body count climbs, will Edie and Louis find Ginny alive? Can they uncover the most theatrical killer they’ve ever encountered? Or will it be the final curtain call for the detecting duo…?

A compelling and addictive historical cozy mystery perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Agatha Christie. Totally unputdownable and utterly charming, this is the perfect book to snuggle up and race through an evening with.

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About the author

Flic Everett is a Mancunian writer who now lives in a cottage in the beautiful West Highlands with her patient husband and two deranged cocker spaniels. She still misses Manchester, and returns like a homing pigeon every month to see family and friends. She spends a lot of time writing on trains.

Flic has owned an award-winning vintage shop, guest-presented Woman’s Hour and was once a part-time tarot reader. She has a grown up son who makes her laugh more than anyone on earth, and she likes reading, painting, cooking, clothes, animals, Art Deco and rummaging in charity shops for bargains. Her greatest fear is being stranded without a book. She has spent many years as a freelance journalist and editor for national newspapers and magazines and can’t believe she’s finally allowed to make up stories from the comfort of her own home.

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