TY - BOOK AU - O'Connell,Carol TI - It happens in the dark T2 - A Mallory novel SN - 1410461440 (hardcover) PY - 2013/// CY - Waterville, Maine PB - Thorndike Press KW - Mallory, Kathleen (Fictitious character) KW - Fiction KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Police KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Policewomen KW - Large type books KW - Mystery fiction KW - gsafd N2 - The reviews called it "A Play to Die For" after a woman was found dead in the front row. It didn't seem so funny the next night, when another body was found -- this time the playwright's. Detective Kathy Mallory takes over, but no matter what she asks, no one seems to be giving her a straight answer. The only person -- if "person" is the right word -- who seems to be clear is the ghostwriter. Every night, an unseen backstage hand chalks up line changes and messages on a blackboard. And the ghostwriter is now writing Mallory into the play itself, a play about a long-ago massacre that may not be at all fictional. "Mallory," the blackboard now reads, "tonight's the night. Nothing personal." ER -