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And Justice for Some

Author: Writer, singer and actor Joanne Sydney Lessner draws on her own experiences pursuing a performing career in New York City for her acclaimed Isobel Spice Mysteries. With her husband, composer/conductor Joshua Rosenblum, she has co-authored several musicals, including the cult hit Fermat’s Last Tango and Einstein’s Dreams, based on the celebrated novel by Alan Lightman, opening Off Broadway in November 2019. Her play Critical Mass received its Off Broadway premiere in October 2010. Joanne is also a regular contributor to Opera News and a graduate of Yale University. Dinner theater can be a death sentence. Actress Isobel Spice and her best friend Delphi Kramer are thrilled to finally have an opportunity to perform together, even if it’s just a cheesy interactive murder mystery at a judge’s lifetime achievement dinner. But when Isobel’s dramatic death scene is upstaged by a real murder and Delphi is left holding the still-smoking gun, Isobel drops the role of victim and assumes the role of detective. With the help of her precocious brother Percival and her reluctant temp agent James Cooke, Isobel peels back layers of deception to reveal a shocking abuse of power—and no shortage of suspects eager to deliver justice to a man who denied it to so many.

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Chapter 25

"I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do for you," said Anna Brackett, Isobel's agent at Temp Zone.

Isobel groaned into the phone and rolled over on her bed. "That's exactly what James said when I first applied. Don't tell me I'm back to square one!"

"Sarah Hollister was extremely unhappy with the way things worked out. She complained before I could step in and spin it. You're just lucky you're a minor celebrity around here, or you'd be out entirely. As it is, I think you'll be okay, but I've got to bench you for a bit until tempers die down and memories fade."

"But how am I supposed to make money in the meantime?" Isobel heard the whine creep into her voice and tried to drop the sound into her chest. "Isn't there anything you can give me? I don't care how remedial it is."

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