Of course Alex Household was devasted when, after a lifetime of struggle, he lost the starring role in a new play to an actor who couldn’t remember his lines. But did that mean Alex shot the leading man dead during his climactic speech? Charles Paris, for one, can see many logical suspects. But before the middle-aged amatuer actor-drinker-detective could begin his investigation, he is chosen as the new leading man. Finally, Charles will discover stardom—and what a dead man saw in the last moments of his life.
