The theater department at Athena is putting on a play by a fledgling playwright with local connections. Charlie's son-in-law, Frank Salisbury, will be calling the directorial shots, and his daughter, Laura, will be taking on the lead female role. Luke Lombardi, the guest artist, is someone she knew in Hollywood. The older male actor - whose career in film has been on the wane - arrives with a small entourage and proceeds to annoy everyone involved with the production. When he dies on stage, having drunk poison in a glass Laura handed to him, Laura becomes the chief suspect in his murder. Now Charlie and Diesel have to prove Laura's innocence. -- adapted from jacket

Sequel to: The pawful truth.