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Informationen zum Autor Susan Kandel is a former art critic for the Los Angeles Times . She has taught at New York University and UCLA, and served as editor of the international journal artext . She lives in West Hollywood, California, with her husband, two daughters, and dog. Klappentext A new suspense-themed housing tract on the edge of the Mojave Desert is about to open, and who better to help promote the Cotswold-cozy development than mystery biographer extraordinaire Cece Caruso? For the grand opening weekend, Cece is staging a play featuring the beloved sleuth Miss Marple. Of course, everything goes wrong, including a leading lady who ends up dead.All is not well in Christietown; its secrets are as complicated as the truth behind Agatha Christie's real-life disappearance. The developer, an Englishman who claims to be Dame Agatha's descendent, has ruthless investors breathing down his neck. Meanwhile, Cece's got a wedding to plan, a baby shower to give, and an ex-husband who shows up on her doorstep with his fiancée and future mother-in-law. And when another body surfaces, the intrepid amateur sleuth knows she must play the famed detective for real--or suffer the same mysterious fate. Zusammenfassung A new suspense-themed housing tract on the edge of the Mojave Desert is about to open! and who better to help promote the Cotswold-cozy development than mystery biographer extraordinaire Cece Caruso? For the grand opening weekend! Cece is staging a play featuring the beloved sleuth Miss Marple. Of course! everything goes wrong! including a leading lady who ends up dead. All is not well in Christietown; its secrets are as complicated as the truth behind Agatha Christie's real-life disappearance. The developer! an Englishman who claims to be Dame Agatha's descendent! has ruthless investors breathing down his neck. Meanwhile! Cece's got a wedding to plan! a baby shower to give! and an ex-husband who shows up on her doorstep with his fiancée and future mother-in-law. And when another body surfaces! the intrepid amateur sleuth knows she must play the famed detective for real—or suffer the same mysterious fate. ...