Noir Suspicions
by Nikki Stern, David Landau

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Highlights

75 mins 1940s/WWII Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Interior Set Period Costumes American Mystery Comedy

Synopsis

In this hard-boiled comic mystery sequel to the ever-popular Murder at Cafe Noir ex-private eye Rick Archer is now the confused manager of Cafe Noir on the island of Mustique.

He is confronted with a corpse on the dock a mysterious femme fatale a French blackmailer and a businessman who wants both the cafe and the woman.

Rick is arrested after the blackmailer is murdered in his club.

It is up to the audience to convince the magistrate that he is innocent.

A tribute to Casablanca with many references to the classic movie Noir Suspicions is guaranteed to delight audiences whether or not they are familiar with Murder at Cafe Noir

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Press Reviews

"Embroiling.''"

— The New York Times

"Good fun, good taste."

— Forbes

Characters

Character
Sheila Wonderly

ex-call girl, now the other half owner of the Cafe Noir.

Anthony Cairo

a dealer in the black market, and hiding out from some smugglers he double-crossed.

Deputy Inspector Rigfield

of the St. Vincent Police. He hates the Cafe Noir and has longed to close it down and get himself a promotion to full inspector.

Ingrid Laszlo

a desperate woman being blackmailed.

Sidney Ferrari

the British owner of the Blue Parrot Resort and Condos on Tobago Cay and one of the Carribean's wealthiest developers.

Claudette Ponte

a French blackmailer, known as Nurse Nightshade because of her expertise with poisons.

Judge Kock

a magistrate from St. Vincent and regular at the Cafe Noir.

Renault

a taxi driver and member of the radical French Liberte party.

Richard Archer

ex-private detective, now half owner of the Cafe Noir. He partner and girlfriend is -

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 2018
Binding Paperback
Pages 84
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573602337
ISBN-10 0573602336
LCCN 2006467346
LCC ML50.S8287 N65 2004

Noir Suspicions is a American mystery play written by Nikki Stern and published by Samuel French in New York (2018).

Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle .

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