McNally's folly - Lawrence Sanders

For poor Archy McNally, there's more drama backstage than onstage and plenty of confusion everywhere as the Palm Beach Community Theatre puts on Arsenic and Old Lace. Lured into the director's chair by the prospect of rubbing shoulders with Hollywood legend Desdemona Darling, Archy finds himself in a real-life murder story when someone takes a sip of prop wine and drops dead.

In a play filled with murderers, only Archy can separate the actors from the genuine article, and bring down the curtain on the latest and most enjoyable of McNally's follies.