
The black drama
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About This Book
Gilbert Connatt, former film star, now dead broke, would give his life for a good role. And that may be just what he has done when he signs to be the lead in a newly discovered play by George Gordon, Lord Byron. As an added inducement, Gilbert finds he will be playing opposite his former flame, Sigrid Holgar, who has become a megastar since they broke off their headline-making Hollywood romance.The play is to be premiered at a summer theater, deep in the Berkshires, far from the maddening crowds. Not long after the cast's arrival there, Sigrid and her manager are attacked by menacing, half-sha...
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