Murder Backstage by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran

Item: Murder Backstage
Rating: 5
Author: karenbaron

Posted April 9, 2024 by karenbaron in Blog Tour, Contest - Giveaway, Mystery, Review, Series / 1 Comment

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Murder Backstage

by Jessica Fletcher, Terrie Farley Moran

Series: Murder She Wrote Mystery #58
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Published by Berkley Books on April 2, 2024
Setting: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Genres: Cozy Mystery
Pages: 265
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Also in this series: Murder, She Wrote: Killing in a Koi Pond, Murder, She Wrote: Debonair in Death, Murder, She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle, Murder, She Wrote: Fit for Murder

The newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series.

Jessica Fletcher’s British cousin, Emma MacGill, will be traveling to Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, to perform with internationally famous star of stage, screen, and television Derek Braverman in an old-fashioned musical review. Emma would love for Jessica to join her there and suggests she bring along some friends. Having just finished her latest book, Jessica is ready for a vacation and is delighted to agree. Dr. Seth Hazlitt and Sheriff Mort Metzger are huge fans of Braverman, so they are eager to tag along, and their fanboy behavior gives Jessica and Mort’s wife, Maureen, more than occasional cause to roll their eyes.

Upon arrival in Edmonton, Jessica is quickly outed as mystery writer J. B. Fletcher, and despite numerous protests, a hotel staffer arranges a book signing for her. This and touristy adventures arranged for the group make for a much busier trip than Jessica was expecting. When a hotel bartender, who also happens to be a stagehand for Emma’s play, turns up dead backstage at the theater, Jessica’s fun and relaxing vacation quickly becomes anything but.

Murder Backstage by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran brings Jessica Fletcher, Doc Seth Hazlitt, and the Metzgers to Canada to see Emma perform on stage in her latest performance.

Will Jessica Fletcher have a vacation?

Jessica Fletcher is back again to solve another mystery. Okay, so she technically didn’t even want to find a dead body on this trip, as it was supposed to be a vacation. Yes, that’s right. It was a vacation with three of her friends to see her cousin act. Instead, Jessica is now wrapped up in another mystery to solve in Canada, and oh, it’s a doozy. Jessica is such a fun character to see in your imagination, trying to solve a mystery, and on your television, doing the same thing. Seth Hazlitt is still the same old guy, but this time, he has a bit of a fanboy in him about his favorite actor from his youth being on stage with Emma. Dare I say it? I think that Seth and Emma might have a thing going on.

The couple that I am happy to see is Mort and Maureen Metzger. Although Mort, like Seth, is fanboying, he is a pretty laidback guy. Well, that is until Jess found a dead body. Other than that, Mort was enjoying his vacation with his wife. Seeing the sheriff wearing a different hat for a change is nice. Whatever the hat, he is the sheriff even when he’s off duty, except when he’s in a different country.

The Mystery

Jessica and Emma were also backstage at the theater when the stagehand was found deceased. So, like Jessica Fletcher ends up doing, they try to help solve the mystery. Jessica needs Emma’s help to solve it, and when Emma has time she helps. I loved seeing Jessica working on a case in Canada, as it was quite fun to imagine everything. I was shocked at who had done it, as I couldn’t figure it out.

Five Stars

I am giving five stars to Murder Backstage by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran. I recommend it to anyone who loves a good, cozy mystery. Ms. Moran does these characters justice in the way she brings them from the show into her books. I love returning to Jessica’s world and solving a mystery with her with each new installment of this series.

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About Terrie Farley Moran

Terrie Farley Moran is the author of Murder She Wrote: Killing in a Koi Pond, the latest in the long-running Jessica Fletcher series, to be followed in autumn 2021 by Murder She Wrote: Debonair in Death. She has also written the beachside Read ‘Em and Eat cozy mystery series and is co-author of Laura Childs’ New Orleans scrapbooking mysteries. Her short stories have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies. Terrie is a recipient of both the Agatha and the Derringer awards.

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