The Man Who Couldn't Miss by David Handler
Fans of Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag will be delighted that he's in a good place in David Handler's latest mystery, The Man Who Couldn't Miss. And, theater fans will enjoy the homage to the greats of the past because it's time to save a historic theater. "Hey, let's put on a show!" In the summer of 1993, Hoagy is living in his ex-wife's guest cottage on her Connecticut farm, writing away. He's had writer's block for ten years, and he's finally writing something he's happy with. And, of course, he and Lulu, the basset hound, are close to Merilee. Merilee is directing a one-night only production of Noel Coward's "Private Lives". She's brought in some of her award-winning former classmates from Yale School of Drama for a fundraiser. They hope to save and restore the dilapidated Sherbourne Playhouse, where Katherine Hepburn first performed. Hoagy says it was an "uncommonly gifted class". The former classmates ...