Show Plot Musical Comedy Murders of 1940

Author: John Bishop

Time Period: December 1940

Setting: Chappaqua, New York

Summary:  The creative team behind a disastrous Broadway flop—in which three chorus girls were murdered by the infamous "Stage Door Slasher"—assemble at a wealthy estate for a backer’s audition of their brand-new musical.  When a fierce blizzard traps everyone inside, and a power outage hits, bodies begin dropping in plain sight.  Amidst slapstick chaos, mistaken identities, and suspected Nazi saboteurs, the survivors scramble through secret rooms to unmask the real "Slasher" before they are killed next.