 A Letter to my ReadersOkay, I'll admit it. I believe one of the most exciting sounds is the muted swish of a stage curtain opening, whether you're in the audience or waiting in the wings. Our community Playhouse doesn't have a curtain, but a blackout is almost as thrilling when the stage manager calls, "Places!" backstage and everyone hurries to be where they're supposed to be. I recently had a small part on our local production of In Memoriam, (a who-dun-it, of course) and there's nothing like stepping into the setting of a mystery, in the theater or in the pages of a book, to get the old adrenalin pumping! Although dark deeds abound in 1943 Elderberry, Georgia, I find it comforting as well as exciting to be back on the familiar streets in spite of a compelling urge to keep looking over my shoulder. I bask in the warm friendship Dimple Kilpatrick enjoys with her friends, Virginia and Phoebe, and agonize with young teachers, Charlie Carr and Annie Gardner as they learn that wartime romance is accompanied by fear and anxiety as well as the delicious euphoria of love. In this second in the series, Miss Dimple Rallies to the Cause, you may find that some friends are not exactly as we presumed them to be, and our Miss Dimple is compelled to rely on a bit of unorthodox assistance in her quest to unravel the mystery. I'm now close to completing Miss Dimple Kilpatrick's third adventure, Miss Dimple Suspects, in which she and her friends guard a dangerous secret in an effort to protect an innocent person and expose a ruthless killer. It's Christmastime in Elderberry, and many of the town's familiar characters are back again, determined to celebrate the season in spite of the horrors of war and the chilling awareness of a murderer in their midst. Won't you join us?
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