The Fourth Act

ISBN13 (TP): 978-1-4257-2264-7

ISBN13 (HB): 978-1-4257-2265-4

Witness how the prancing horses, sleek greyhounds, and a charismatic goat add excitement and spectacle to an intriguing summer opera festival in Barbara Weir’s Mystery; The Fourth Act.

Wealthy impresario Rico Farinelli chooses three popular bloodthirsty operas to showcase two volatile sopranos -- his wife and his mistress-- and hires trainer Dulcy McGuinness to provide animals for his productions. In his hodgepodge of assorted temperamental and eccentric artists and beasts, numerous opportunities for mayhem arise. Suddenly all hell breaks loose when a staged murder becomes all too real; Dulcy, aided by her two and four-footed friends, must solve two murders before they become the next victims.

Suffused with romance, humor and animal antics, the stage is set for music and murder, involving ditsy divas, testy tenors, lovers, greyhounds, horses, and a goat. Truly, The Fourth Act portrays a fascinating murder mystery featuring both comedy and melodrama. Follow the trail of clues that set the scene for a bloody finale.

Enjoy this exciting and suspenseful read for all fiction lovers, animal enthusiasts, opera fans and murder-mystery aficionados.

The mystery "The Fourth Act" by Barbara Weir has been awarded Honorable Mention during the 15th Annual International Self-published Book Awards - sponsored by Writers Digest. Comments by the judges included "The entire book was beautifully done. . . . . . one of the most clever books I've read in a long, long time". The book received an "excellent" rating (5 on a scale of 1 to 5) for each of the following categories: Plot, Grammar, Character development and Cover design.

ISBN13 (TP): 978-1-4010-9157-6

ISBN13 (HB): 978-1-4010-9158-3

Draw out the detective in you through this engaging whodunit that will tirelessly intrigue you. Follow the detective prowess of widowed horsewoman Dulcy McGuinness in The Fifth Wheel.

Author Barbara Weir introduces in this book the heroine Dulcy who will star in her series of exciting mystery novels that will truly keep you spellbound. In The Fifth Wheel, Dulcy, with her own horses, two grown sons, and a new lover, will save the day when a mysterious death happens in the place where she’s attending a conference of horse-and-buggy aficionados. The aging media mogul Max Vanderhoven drives his vintage horse-driven carriage up a mountain road and plunges off a cliff to his death. Was it careless driving? Suicide? Or Murder! Find out in this page-turner by murder mystery novelist Barbara Weir.