I'm Amanda Seldon, and I knew it would be a change to leave my soul-sucking corporate career and move back to my sleepy hometown to pursue my dream of being an author. But I never suspected it would literally be murder.

I thought working part-time at a summer stock theater was the perfect way to earn some cash. Until someone gets killed and the police chief suspects me. The cherry on top is the chief's brother is my childhood crush, and I don't want to be wearing an orange jumpsuit when we meet again. I set out to find the murderer with my two best friends, fun-loving aunt, and my anxious rescue dog. No problem, right? We've all read plenty of mysteries, and Fluffy is an attack shih tzu.

It's the second act of my life, and in a play that's when the exciting stuff happens. Exciting is fine, but will I be a free woman when the curtain goes down?