As bracing as a mint julep on a hot afternoon Carolyn Hainess Southern Belle mysteries kick sleuthing up a notch with Sarah Booth Delaney the sassiest heroine this side of the Mississippi When Broadway comes to the Delta Death takes a bowxbut Sarah Booth is the star suspect Zinnia is abuzz displaced from its New Orleans venue a red-hot touring production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is opening right in the heart of town featuring hunky star Graf Mileau While most folks are excited Sarah Booth who had her own brief stint on The Great White Wayxand on the arm of Mileau himselfxis less than thrilled Graf is now linked with his costar Renata Troviola a dyed-in-the-wool diva who plans to ride Grafs coattails all the way to Hollywood But Renatas trip to the top comes to a screeching halt on the plays second night when someone laces her lipstick with cyanide The plot thickens when Renatas brother arrives on the scene and makes it clear exactly who he thinks the killer is It seems Renata was stirring up plenty of drama behind the scenes making enemies galore her long-suffering makeup artist an extremely harsh critic an angry audience membereven boy toy Graf had a motive But the most damning evidence points to Sarah Booth herself and before she can say Big Daddy shes topping Sheriff Colemans list of suspects Being a PI accused of murder is bad enough but being investigated by the potential love of ones life is downright mortifying Now to save her reputation and her romance Sarah Booth reckons shexll have to bring the curtain down on a mystery with more twists and turns than the Old Muddy.
