Piper Prescott, proprietor of Spice It Up!, has persuaded Doug Winters, the mild-mannered vet she’s been dating, to demonstrate Indian cuisine at her shop. But before Doug’s presentation of classic chicken curry is completed, Ned Feeney, local handyman, bursts in with news of a murder.
Sandy Granger, the director of a local production of Steel Magnolias, was found strangled in the third-floor balcony of the Brandywine Creek Opera House. Sandy, it seems, had not endeared herself to cast or crew. Complaints about her ran the gamut from her management style to her lack of people skills. Everyone connected with the production falls under suspicion, including Piper Prescott’s BFF, Reba Mae Johnson, who made it well known how unhappy she is that she was cut from the cast.
When the spotlight for the dastardly deed shines on Reba Mae, Piper rushes to her friend’s defense. Who among Sandy’s detractors was angry enough to wrap a silk scarf around her neck—and pull tight? Will Piper succeed in solving the case before she becomes the killer’s encore performance? And will she ever learn just how to prepare the perfect curry?
This is the fourth outing for Piper and the gang and it well and truly holds its own in the series (and I really should try some of the recipes as they sound delicious!), this time we have the town of Brandywine Creek planning to put on a stage show of Steel Magnolias and Reba Mae has been cast (and then un-cast) in the part of Truvy Jones, the Beautician in the play. When Reba Mae was dumped from the cast she stated in front of witnesses that she would happily wrap her hands around the neck of Sandy Granger (the director/producer of the show), these words will come back and haunt her as a few days later, just as Doug the Vet is starting his demonstration on how to make a curry, the Police and Coroner's vehicles shoot past Spice It Up! and end at the Opera House, it turns out that Ned Feeney (the somewhat inept local handyman!) has discovered Sandy strangled with her own silk scarf.
Now Piper needs to look into what was going on with the cast and crew of the play otherwise Reba Mae will end up starring in a real life version of Orange is the new Black!
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