Cool Repentance — Antonia Fraser

A THEATRE COMPANY TAKES CENTER STAGE--WHILE MURDER WAITS IN THE WINGS....

After her well-publicized affair with an international pop star, a celebrated actress returned to her family and her career with no remorse. Now the leading lady must pay for her past--in blood.

Jemima Shore, TV investigative reporter, is assigned to cover a theatre festival in the seaside town of Larminster. But the offstage dramatics are far more compelling. Within the cast and crew of the local production of The Seagull, Jemima uncovers a hotbed of artistic ego, jealousy, and cutthroat ambition. But the real star of the show is the tainted past of actress Christabel Cartwright. Some want Christabel to act her age and halt her not-so-secret love affair. Others just want to leave the past alone.

But there's always a critic; someone else wants Christabel to take her final bow--with a highly realistic death scene.