MURDER AT THE MIDNIGHT MATINEE

MURDER AT THE MIDNIGHT MATINEE A Mick & Mack Mystery

Toronto, 1948.

At the once-glorious Royal Grenadier Theatre, the midnight screening of an avant-garde film draws a curious crowd of cinephiles, censors, and skeptics. But when famed surrealist director Valentin Duprés is found strangled in the projection booth—his body tangled in celluloid and secrets—the show takes a deadly turn.

As the reels keep spinning, Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely step into a world of smoke and symbolism, where meaning hides behind metaphors and every suspect speaks in riddles. Among them: —A starry-eyed film student with something to prove —A crusading city councillor with a moral axe to grind —A projectionist who worships celluloid like scripture —A weary theatre manager with bills to pay —And a psychologist convinced that cinema can drive people mad

The deeper Mick digs, the more he realizes the murder isn’t just about censorship or controversy—but about a hidden reel containing something far more dangerous than art: the truth.

Witty, stylish, and laced with noir flair, Murder at the Midnight Matinee is a razor-sharp tale of betrayal, obsession, and the power of images to reveal the darkest parts of the human soul.

In a theater where nothing is what it seems, will Mick and Mack uncover the killer before the credits roll—permanently?

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