Critiques en avant-premièreBarbara Rosenblat

The extraordinary new Mallory novel from the New York Times–bestselling author and one of the most acclaimed crime writers in America. The reviews called it “A Play to Die For,” after the woman was found dead in the front row. It didn’t seem so funny the next night, when another body was found, this time the playwright himself, his throat slashed. Detective Kathy Mallory of the NYPD Special Crimes Unit takes over, but no matter what she asks, no one seems to be giving her a straight answer. Not the lead actor, a movie star fallen on hard luck; not the lead actress, a nervous sort with too great a liking for pharmaceuticals; not the wardrobe mistress, who appears to have an alias; not the errand boy, who appears to be living an alias; and not the twin actors, who do an awfully realistic job of portraying psychos. The only person—if “person” is the right word—who seems to be clear with her is the ghostwriter.

The New York Times bestseller: Two people, a 12-year-old girl and the concierge at her apartment, live rich but secretive inner lives, feeling confined by the mediocrity and selfishness that surround them--until a stranger comes to their apartment building. A moving, funny, triumphant novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us. Read by Barbara Rosenblat and Cassandra Morris.