Macdeath

"A GUT-SPLITTING MYSTERY... A HILARIOUS RIFF ON AN AVANT-GARDE PRODUCTION OF 'THE SCOTTISH PLAY'...Yet Macdeath isn't just one long Shakespeare jokeathon. It also has a heart...Combining humor and pathos can be risky in a whodunit, but gifted author Brown makes it work." Mystery Scene MagazineSub-Genre Tags: Humorous Mysteries, Amateur Sleuths, Women Sleuths, Private Investigator BooksLike every actor, Ivy Meadows knows that Macbeth is cursed. But she's finally scored her big break, cast as an acrobatic witch in a circus-themed production of Macbethin Phoenix, Arizona. And though it may not be Broadway, nothing can dampen her enthusiasm--not her flying caldron, too-tight leotard, or carrot-wielding dictator of a director.But when one of the cast dies on opening night, Ivy is sure the seeming accident is "murder most foul" and that she's the perfect person to solve the crime (after all, she does work part-time in her uncle's detective agency).