The tiny Gulf coast town of Bay St. Lucy is in for a change when a local actress returns home along with her famous husband to stage a performance of Hamlet in the city’s new cultural center. Town elder Nina Bannister, a retired English teacher and former mentor to the young woman, is invited to rehearsals to offer advice. Nina is more than happy to share her wisdom, but it soon becomes apparent that the acting company is in need of more than literary help, as the famous actor is a tyrant to both his cast and his wife. When the man is also exposed as a philanderer, Nina fears that her former pupil is in danger. The morning after opening night, the famous actor is found dead in his bedroom––along with enough suspects to stage a murder mystery. Nina quickly becomes involved because she wants to protect her pupil and several other potential suspects.
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Author Biography
Pam Britton (T’Gracie) Reese is an Assistant Professor in the Communication Science and Disorders Department at Indiana/Purdue University at Fort Wayne. Previously, she worked as a speech pathologist in schools in private practice. She was also a supervisor in communication disorders at Ohio University. She likes nothing better, professionally, than helping small, silent two year old boys start talking. She has also published books about autism with LinguiSystems for the last 15 years. The Circle of Autism was previously published on-line at ken*again e-magazine
Joe Reese is a novelist, playwright, storyteller, and college teacher. He has published four novels, several plays, and a number of stories and articles. When he is not teaching (English and German), he enjoys visiting elementary schools, where he tells stories from his Katie Dee novels and talks to students about writing. He and his wife Pam have three children: Kate, Matthew, and Sam.
