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Author: Priscilla Masters

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Published: 2013

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A former child soap star needs Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy’s help – are her claims real-life drama or just an act?Just back from her honeymoon, the last thing Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy wants deal with on her return to work is nuisance calls from an old lady ringing the police incessantly to report seemingly trivial incidents.The woman in question is Timony Weeks, a sixties’ child star in the once-popular soap Butterfield Farm, who lives in an isolated farmhouse. Is she putting on an act and wasting police time, or is someone really trying to frighten her? Joanna is dubious, but as events become even more creepy and disturbing, her instinct tells her something is not right. What is Timony hiding? As she digs into her past, Joanna discovers a shocking secret. It seems that someone may have sinister intentions towards Timony after all . . .   Review“A solid police procedural especially likely to appeal to 1960s nostalgia buffs.”Kirkus Reviews on The Final Curtain"Masters well-paced 11th Joanna Piercy mystery, produces surprises to the end."Publishers Weekly on The Final CurtainAbout the AuthorPriscilla Masters is the author of the successful 'Martha Gunn' series, as well as the 'Joanna Piercy' novels and a series of medical mysteries. She lives near the Shropshire/Staffordshire border, works part-time as a respiratory nurse in the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and has two grown-up sons and one grandson.