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Stage Fright in Mocha Mills
(2025)(The fourth book in the Mocha Mills Mystery series)
A Story by Maisy Marple
The curtain rises on murder in this delicious small-town mystery!
When the historic Mocha Mills Theater reopens with a professional production, café owner Vivian Palmer is thrilled to provide the coffee service for opening night. But excitement turns to horror when Broadway director Dominic Hayes collapses dead center stage after drinking from a prop coffee cup during his cameo performance. With her café's reputation at stake and the show quite literally stopped, Vivian finds herself drawn into her fourth murder investigation in this charming small town.
As Vivian juggles her thriving café, her power walks with librarian Sylvia, and her empty-nest adjustments with husband Frank, she discovers the theater world is full of deception worthy of the stage. The demanding director made enemies of everyone from the playwright whose work he rewrote to the exhausted assistant who catered to his every whim. When a second attack during rehearsals threatens the stage manager's life, Vivian realizes the killer is still among them—and willing to strike again to protect deadly secrets. Unexpected help arrives when her daughter Zoe returns from college, bringing scientific knowledge that might just identify the sophisticated poison used in the perfectly engineered murder weapon.
In this fourth installment of the beloved Perky Perk Mystery Series, Vivian Palmer must sift through theatrical rivalries, stolen creative work, and long-simmering resentments to find a killer before the final curtain falls. With a cast of colorful suspects, a rekindled small-town theater scene, and plenty of Vivian's signature coffee blends, "Stage Fright in Mocha Mills" delivers a perfectly brewed cozy mystery that will keep readers guessing until the dramatic final act.
Genre: Mystery
When the historic Mocha Mills Theater reopens with a professional production, café owner Vivian Palmer is thrilled to provide the coffee service for opening night. But excitement turns to horror when Broadway director Dominic Hayes collapses dead center stage after drinking from a prop coffee cup during his cameo performance. With her café's reputation at stake and the show quite literally stopped, Vivian finds herself drawn into her fourth murder investigation in this charming small town.
As Vivian juggles her thriving café, her power walks with librarian Sylvia, and her empty-nest adjustments with husband Frank, she discovers the theater world is full of deception worthy of the stage. The demanding director made enemies of everyone from the playwright whose work he rewrote to the exhausted assistant who catered to his every whim. When a second attack during rehearsals threatens the stage manager's life, Vivian realizes the killer is still among them—and willing to strike again to protect deadly secrets. Unexpected help arrives when her daughter Zoe returns from college, bringing scientific knowledge that might just identify the sophisticated poison used in the perfectly engineered murder weapon.
In this fourth installment of the beloved Perky Perk Mystery Series, Vivian Palmer must sift through theatrical rivalries, stolen creative work, and long-simmering resentments to find a killer before the final curtain falls. With a cast of colorful suspects, a rekindled small-town theater scene, and plenty of Vivian's signature coffee blends, "Stage Fright in Mocha Mills" delivers a perfectly brewed cozy mystery that will keep readers guessing until the dramatic final act.
Genre: Mystery
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