The Grub-and-Stakers Pinch a Poke

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453277584

<DIV><b>An amateur play turns serious when a prop gun is swapped for a real one</b></div><DIV></div><DIV><BR>When Jenson Thorbisher-Freep announces an amateur theatrical contest, the women in the Grub-and-Stake gardening club race to join in. They enlist Osbert Monk as their playwright&mdash;not only is he married to their club leader Dittany Monk, but he&rsquo;s famous the world over as Lex Laramie, bestselling novelist of Westerns. Taking the legend of Dangerous Dan McGrew as his inspiration, Osbert delivers a rough draft faster than the Pony Express. Now all the Grub-and-Stakers have to do is cast it.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>To play McGrew, Dittany picks town cad Andrew McNaster, who has recently improved his manners in an attempt to woo Osbert&rsquo;s aunt, Arethusa. The gunslinger&rsquo;s performance gets a bit too real on opening night, though, when his prop bullets are replaced with real ones, and claim the toe of a fellow thespian. Is McNaster as nice as he pretends to be? Or has he taken his part too close to heart, and decided to become very dangerous indeed?</div><DIV></div>