Suspicions on the Stage

At State U, the drama department takes cutthroat competition to a whole new level.

Our trip to visit Slade’s unsavory family raises more questions than answers, and even the secret meeting with the Fae Guardians of Bay City didn’t clear anything up. With no new leads, we return to our usual chaotic lives.
That is, until Slade finds a body sprawled across center stage like the star of a the ‘barbarous’ musical they’re performing.
Rialto Beauregard—heir to an old-money families who owns arts institutions all over the world—has had his throat slashed with surgical precision. Now my shy siren’s been cast in the role of ‘first on the scene, first suspect’ and we’ve got a killer with a flair for drama.

Was Rialto targeted for his money, his reputation, or just for shock value?
One thing’s for sure: the final act is going to leave blood on the stage—and probably on our hands.
Who needs a standing ovation when you’ve got a standing body count?