Laughing Widows was that Broadway dream, a smash hit, playing to standing room only and sold out for months ahead.

Yet the producer had developed a brand-new habit of looking over his shoulder...continually. And the backer, who should have been rolling in royalties, was suddenly in need of cash.

As for the author...here he'd just burnt onto the Grear White Way like a souped-up meteor...but no one could find the guy to congratulate him.

Lawyer Scott Jordan decided to do a little of his own private investigation. And wound up with multiple murder on his hands.