Murder Takes the Stage

October 15, 2009
More than 20 years ago, Rick Marsh disappeared while on a backpacking trip. Despite the best efforts of his father and sister, true-crime writers Peter and Georgia, no trace of him was ever found. Never giving up, Peter and Georgia are following a new lead when Georgia has one of her fingerprints in time episodesan eerie sense of evil done years earlier. Making no progress on Rick, Peter and Georgia decide to investigate the fingerprint. They become involved in the case of Tom Watson, a circus performer accused and then acquitted of murdering his wife decades earlier. Despite Toms acquittal, his friends and neighbors were sure he was guilty, so they werent surprised when he disappeared. But there were plenty of people who had a motive for wanting Toms wife dead and Tom out of the way permanently. Can they uncover the long hidden truth? As usual in this series (Murder and the Golden Goblet, 2007), Myers produces an entertaining, cleverly plotted mystery starring an engaging duo.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2009, American Library Association.)