Enigma at the Theater

<p>A spring production at the Foxbridge Playhouse goes off-script when a prop catches fire during tech rehearsal and a suspicious set of stage-smoke rigs and a burned script page suggest arson. Brandy helps sort theater drama from criminal intent following prop logs lighting cues and a forgotten contract that ties a resentful understudy a bitter former stage manager and a shadowy investor to the incident. Peter steadies Brandy as she interviews actors techs and patrons Maeve handles the official inquiry and the theater's fond eccentricity masks resentments and secrets.</p>