The astonishing new Mallory novel from the New York Times-bestselling author and one of the most acclaimed crime writers in America.The reviews called it and "A Play to Die For and " 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's, his throat slashed.Detective Kathy Mallory takes over, but no matter what she asks, no one seems to be giving her a straight answer. The only person - if and "person and " is the right word - who seems to be clear is the ghostwriter. Every night, an unseen backstage hand chalks up line changes and messages on a blackboard. And the ghostwriter is now writing Mallory into the play itself, a play about a long-ago massacre that may not be at all fictional. and "MALLORY, and " the blackboard reads. and "TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT. NOTHING PERSONAL. and "If Mallory can't find out who's responsible, heads will roll. Unfortunately, one of them may be her own.