I Am Dust

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The Dean Wilson Theatre is believed to be haunted by a long-dead actress, singing her last song, waiting for her final cue, looking for her killer...

Now Dust, the iconic musical, is returning after twenty years. But who will be brave enough to take on the role of ghostly goddess Esme Black, last played by Morgan Miller, who was murdered in her dressing room Theatre usher Chloe Dee is caught up in the spectacle. As the new actors arrive, including an unexpected face from her past, everything changes. Are the eerie sounds and sightings backstage real or just her imagination Is someone playing games

Is the role of Esme Black cursed Could witchcraft be at the heart of the tragedy And are dark deeds from Chloe's past about to catch up with her Not all the drama takes place onstage. Sometimes murder, magic, obsession and the biggest of betrayals are real life. When you're in the theatre shadows, you see everything. And Chloe has been watching.

Reviews

This book works magically, emotionally and psychologically -- Carol Lovekin
Floating, lyrical, almost mystical * Jen Meds Book Reviews *
Atmospheric, haunting and sprinkled with magic * Off-the-Shelf Books *
Unnerving, scary, creepy and heartbreakingly sad * Tales Before Bedtime *
Beautifully evocative * Espresso Coco *

Author Bio

Louise Beech is an exceptional literary talent, whose debut novel How To Be Brave was a Guardian Readers' Choice for 2015. The follow-up, The Mountain in My Shoe was shortlisted for Not the Booker Prize. Her short fiction has won the Glass Woman Prize, the Eric Hoffer Award for Prose, and the Aesthetica Creative Works competition, as well as shortlisting for the Bridport Prize twice.

Louise lives with her husband on the outskirts of Hull, and loves her job as a Front of House Usher at Hull Truck Theatre, where her first play was performed in 2012.