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THE BAKER'S DOZEN
THE BAKER'S DOZEN - by B. Kimsey
The Baker's Dozen doughnut shop is the place to be in this small rural community. There you will find yourself surrounded by boston crèmes, apple fritters, and the town’s retired and charming Military Veterans. When two teenage boys show up and attempt to commit an armed robbery, what follows is a surprising turn of events reminding us that sweetness does not always come with cream and... read more
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MURDER MYSTERY SPOTLIGHT  
 
SUSPENSEFUL MURDER MYSTERIES 
ALIBIS, by P. Kennedy
BAD MEDICINE, by M. Tennant
CADAVER DOGS, by G. Atkins
CSI - NEVERLAND, by W. Bradford
THE CURSED BONES, by M. Tennant
THE DANGER OF STRANGERS, by G. Alterman
DEAD TO THE LAST DROP, by K. Jones
DEATH BY DESSERT, by N. Hartswick
DON'T TRY TO WAKE HIM, HAND ME THE SHOVEL, by P. Cook
MURDER BY THE BOOK, by W. Garrity
MURDER, MAY I?, by E. McPherson
THE MURDEROUS MRS. MAISEY, by E. Weiss
THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE MANX, by M. Matthews
PANDEMONIUM, by J. Atkins
RED HERRING, by R. Jones
THE VULTURES, by M. Ridge
  
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ALIBIS
Whodunit, howdunit. When famous actress Primavera Donna throws a party and winds up dead, it's up to the guests to figure out who and how, and why the hired help is so annoying. Shades of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, and Ten Little Indians. As the storm outside rages and the body count mounts, the guests must contend with interruptions, shocking revelations, tacky...
BAD MEDICINE
Ackley Hornsby is a brilliant author whose best-selling novels attack big business pharmaceutical companies. Ackley is also a hopeless hypochondriac who suffers from 357 physical ailments and refuses to leave his apartment. Although he is in no danger of dying from a physical ailment, Ackley is in jeopardy of being murdered as the release of his newest book is announced....
CADAVER DOGS
In San Bernardino, CA, 1983, police dog trainer Amanda Esposito returns home from searching for disaster victims in Mexico and, still reeling from her trip, encounters Wade, a semi-famous author of murder mysteries desperately seeking her help to find his missing wife. Add to the mix a scheming sister, a jealous Sherriff and a tequila-fueled night of drinking, and it quickly...
CSI - NEVERLAND
"All shadows, except one shadow." CSI meets Neverland in this marvelous merger of comedic mayhem. Murk and Tinker, Fairy Forensics Officers, are investigating the mysterious murder of Peter Pantaloon's shadow. Their prime suspect is Head Librarian Brenda Brooks who despises Seuss, Hogwarts, giant peaches, and the boy who refuses to grow up. As Peter clearly laments the loss of...
THE CURSED BONES
“Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones.” William Shakespeare’s Gravesite Epitaph

Joe, and his daughter Angela, have inherited an old house after his uncle’s mysterious death. They soon discover that many owners of the home have died under suspicious circumstances—Shakespearean circumstances––as the past owners have met...
THE DANGER OF STRANGERS
Two strangers are sitting in an apartment. Their conversation starts out playful and a bit seductive when something happens that changes the tone dramatically. There’s Her side, His side, and the truth––this short thriller is sure to leave you in suspense.
DEAD TO THE LAST DROP
Dead to the Last Drop is a hilarious interactive murder mystery that takes place in a coffeehouse and bookstore called “Café Caffeine.” The crazy cast of characters leads the audience through a maze of funny twists and turns. Opportunities for audience and cast interaction reach a peak when the audience is allowed to vote on the ending that they want to hear! There...
DEATH BY DESSERT
It's dinnertime, and you're invited to a meal so good, it's to die for! In New York's little Italy, the Donnaducce family and the Duccedonni family have been feuding for a generation, while operating two competing Italian restaurants that share a common wall. At rise, the building's landlord is dead at center stage, and everyone is suspect – from the old-world Italian...
DON'T TRY TO WAKE HIM, HAND ME THE SHOVEL
From the word “GO,” investigative reporters Livermore and Highwater are determined to get the (alleged) spooks at Billingsgate Mansion on the six o’clock news and get the break they need to save their jobs. The featured story: Seeing is Believing. Paranoid, they enter the dreaded Billingsgate mansion in ghost-catching wardrobe and full ghost gear (fatigues and a...
MURDER BY THE BOOK
In 1948 Hollywood, famous mystery writer Cornelia Sherwood is asked to help write the memoirs of legendary silent screen star, Ramona Ramsey. Attending a dinner party to celebrating the upcoming book, Cornelia and her faithful secretary Eunice Sparks discover that Ramona has been murdered. Guests arrive one by one, seemingly unaware of Ramona's demise. Each guest has a secret...
MURDER, MAY I?
Eric has fallen in love with a girl named Lucy who is not the sharpest tack in the drawer. Eric's mother, Geneva, disapproves of his new love interest and decides she’ll do something about it. She’ll murder her. However, Geneva’s next-door neighbor and good friend, Janet, is on to her crime and decides to take matters into her own hands and murder Geneva. But, out of nowhere,...
THE MURDEROUS MRS. MAISEY
An outstanding farcical masterpiece of female strength. Mrs. Maisey, an aspiring stand-up comedienne, hides away in her husband's childhood home after being accused of his murder. On the case are two female detectives desperate to prove themselves and solve the mystery. This sidesplitting farcical comedy is jam packed with big personalities, unexpected twists, and non-stop...
THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE MANX
In a city of never-ending crime, the beautiful Lola Appletree enters the office of private eye Sam Steel, hoping he can find her missing boyfriend. Sam and his bumbling partner, Max Mooney, eagerly jump on the case but everything seems to lead back to a mysterious Manx. With a host of suspects such as mobster Big Tony Gallo, Peg the Pirate, Irish Mike, and the kind-hearted...
PANDEMONIUM
Who killed Zeus? That is the question that private detective Minerva Owler is trying to answer in modern day New York City. The Greek gods live incognito among the mortals, but when Zeus is murdered by one of their own, it is up to the goddess of wisdom, Minerva, to find out who is behind the betrayal. With the help of her Olympian siblings––the EMT Mercury and Sergeant Mars...
RED HERRING
The actors of this odd little play within an odd little play are dreadfully tired of performing in cliche British murder mystery farces set in perfect little drawing rooms so they decide to take the drawing room out of the mystery and set it somewhere entirely different, the lavatory. Just when things are looking shamefully hopeless, one of the actors turns up dead - in the...
THE VULTURES
It’s a dark and stormy night at the mansion on Westmount Estate. As the guests arrive for the reading of a will, the mysterious housekeeper declares, “The relatives are swooping in like a wake of vultures ready to pick the carcass clean.”

Who will ultimately inherit the fortune? Will it be the charming realtor, the handsome male model, the dimwitted nail technician,...