Crooked Lane Books, Belletristik, Death in the Margins (Englisch, Victoria Gilbert, 2022)

The theater is no place for murder&mdash but a case of backstage betrayal drags library director Amy Webber into a case that could mean curtains in critically acclaimed author Victoria Gilbert&rsquo s Blue Ridge Library mystery. It&rsquo s early summer, and while Richard Muir and his dance partner, Karla, are preparing their new choreographic piece, Richard&rsquo s wife, Amy, is gathering the dance&rsquo s source materials. Based on folktales and the music of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the production is set to premiere at an old cinema that has been converted to a theater. But when dancer Meredith Fox&mdash Richard&rsquo s former fiancé &mdash is found dead backstage, Amy is once again propelled into a murder case that threatens the careers and lives of those she loves. After Amy teams up with Chief Deputy Brad Tucker and the sheriff&rsquo s department to discover the killer, they find that there&rsquo s no shortage of suspects: Meredith&rsquo s wealthy ex-husband, several fellow dancers, a romantically spurned accompanist, and others whom the talented but haughty dancer dismissed or betrayed over the years. With Richard and Karla's help, and information gleaned from locals who know a wealth of small-town secrets, Amy desperately tries to unveil the killer before the premiere. But she&rsquo s pursuing a ruthless murderer who&rsquo s willing to kill again&mdash and who might just be waiting for Amy in the wings.