Cliff Dix

The cast and crew are all settled into the routine of the long running murder-mystery play.Nightly the audience watches the stage mystery being solved One night, unseen by them, a real murder is taking place. There are backstage frictions between the actors and jealousy, but no-one expects that life, or death, will come to imitate art. Most of them had the opportunity. Every one of them had access to the means. Who had the motive?The 'show within a book' and the real murder make this a double who-done-it.Another backstage story by Cliff Dix

After tragic events John Mason has returned to the world of major touring musicals, and a show that has old bitter memories for him, bruised and emotionally battered. Outwardly there is little to give away the unhappiness he is feeling, though the touring company are well aware of his grief. But his attempt to forget all about what happened by burying himself in the familiar comfort of his work is repeatedly thwarted by the backstage happenings on this show. Torn between two women, and haunted by the memory of a dead one, he finds himself forced to lead an investigation while still running a show. There may be no happy way out for him, but there is a means of softening the pain. Set in the world of stage doors and scenery, dressing rooms and big theatres, as the musical transfers from venue to venue, 'In Which Case' is a sequel to 'Theatre Wagon' and a prequel to the theatrical disaster novel 'And Burnt the Topless Towers', completing this trilogy of theatre books by Cliff Dix. Written by an author with over fifty years of full time experience in the entertainment world the fiction trilogy covers the smallest to the largest shows and venues.