β Scribed by George Baxt
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The coroner arrived with his pallbearer's mien, followed by two assistants, one carrying a rolled-up stretcher. "Where's the body?"
"In her dressing room," said Noel, "resting"
"Where do you find your amazing equanimity, Noel?"
"Like Little Jack Horner, I stick in my thumb and pull out aplomb
'Baxt's gung-ho enthusiasm, extensive use of movie lore, and wild narrative verve make his works a delirious...pleasure' said Booklist of the much-loved series of celebrity mysteries.
Now, add play wright/actor/singer/ man-about-town Noel Coward to the cast of luminaries who grace Baxt's pages with their insider gossip and acerbic wit.
New York City, 1935: A trio of thugs who call themselves Vivaldi, Beethoven, and Bizet are funding a flashy nightclub, and the inimitable Noel Coward has been persuaded to tickle an ivory or two on opening night. Noel's droll, dry, and deadly wit never disappoints an audience β even after a showgirl meets her death onstage.
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