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The Old Die Young (The Nathan Shapiro Mysteries) Kindle Edition

by Richard Lockridge (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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It’s curtains for a vain actor in this Nathan Shapiro whodunit—the final book written by the coauthor of the “excellent” Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker).
 
Nathan Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan’s finest, but that doesn’t stop the dour detective from getting the job done when the going gets tough . . .
 
Called upon to investigate the suspicious death of actor Clive Branson, Det. Lt. Nathan Shapiro and his right-hand man, Det. Anthony “Tony” Cook, are confronted with something strange: a dead man in makeup. It seems the thespian was keen on hiding his real age, and made himself up to appear much younger. Now, that’s the mortician’s job.
 
The cast and crew of Branson’s current Broadway production, Summer Solstice, are all shocked by the actor’s sudden death. Or so they seem. But when it’s revealed that barbiturates were used to take Branson out, Shapiro and Cook start auditioning suspects—because one of them is putting on a most-convincing performance to hide the fact that beneath a mask of innocence lurks a cold-hearted killer.
 
The Old Die Young is the 10th book in the Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
 
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    June 26, 2018
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About the Author

Richard Lockridge (1898–1982) was one of the most popular names in mystery fiction from the 1940s through the ’70s. He is best known for the prolific detective series he wrote with his wife, Frances, including the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, and Captain Heimrich Mysteries. Upon Frances’s death in 1963, Richard continued writing, delivering new and much darker Nathan Shapiro and Captain Heimrich books. His works have been adapted for Broadway, film, television, and radio.
 

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07CMG6LN7
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MysteriousPress.com/Open Road (June 26, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 26, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2959 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 190 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Sandy Lo
5.0 out of 5 stars The old die young!
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2021
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The author takes you back into the lives backstage of the actors & the rivalry, action, lives & dislikes of the characters.
Moves along quickly and the ending is quite a surprise, but shouldn't be.
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Khirul
4.0 out of 5 stars Good light reading
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2014
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I thoroughly enjoyed Nate Shapiro and his milieu. Otherwise, the plot is OK and writing above average, but the theater crowd were mostly the "usual suspects" primadonnas instead of real people.
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Loren D. Morrison
4.0 out of 5 stars AN OLD FASHIONED "WHO DUNNIT"
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2005
In __THE OLD DIE YOUNG__, a murder may or may not have been committed. Only a careful autopsy can tell, and even then, there remains a question of whether the victim's death was a murder or was due to an accidental overdose of medication. It remains for Lieutenant Nathan Shapiro and his sidekick, Tony Cook to come up with a conclusion.

The facts are these:

After a party at his home, Broadway actor Clive Branson is found dead in his bedroom by his butler. At first it looks like a death from natural causes, but an autopsy reveals that he had taken or been given a large dose of a medication to which he had a serious sensitivity. If it was murder, it had to have been committed by someone who was aware of this sensitivity.

As background, Clive, a veteran movie actor, was starring in a new Broadway production, playing a part that he really was too old for. The play had gotten financial backing based on his drawing power, but it had become all too apparent to all concerned that he was too old, and his acting style too stiff for the part. The critics were all in accord about this.

The list of suspects with both motive to kill him and opportunity to administer the lethal dose was long.

First, there was his understudy, who got his big break, and a big salary increase, as a result of Clive's death. Next, there was his valet, who inherited a sizeable portion of Clive's estate. Also, there were a couple of ex-wives, one of whom was in a minor role in the play, who each were left $50,000 in his will -- a goodly amount in the time frame in which this book is set. Even more -- the author of the play, as well as the producer and director all had motives to get rid of him (i.e. his understudy was better suited to the part) but were also at risk as a result of his death (i.e. the play was sold out for months based on Clive's drawing power and they didn't know if audiences would come to see Clive's understudy in the starring role).

In order to find the killer, if, indeed, there really was one, Shapiro and Cook needed to use their intuitions and their analytical skills along with a lot of good old fashioned foot work. To add to their difficulties, as they got closer to a solution, one of their chief suspects was murdered, narrowing the suspect field by one but virtually assuring them that Clive's death really had been murder.

That's the set up. I'm afraid that the only way you'll find out the conclusion is to read the book yourself. There is enough suspense here to keep any mystery fan turning pages.
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