Review: Murder Steals the Show
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2012
Elizabeth Allerton has trouble sorting out facts from fiction in Donna Fletcher Crowe's THE SHADOW OF REALITY.Elizabeth and associate Richard Spencer take a break from their teaching to enjoy a mystery week deep in the mountains. 1933 is the year and the participants dress and enjoy the atmosphere of this creative mystery period.The first night professional actors set the murder. Elizabeth meets an actor/writer who sweeps her off her feet into a dream world of romance. When she and Richard discover a real murder the real world get dire.It becomes difficult for her to pay attention to the play, which only adds to her confusion. A good read for fans of English county house mysteries that has many references to older beloved stories.Nash Black, author of Sandprints of Death.