←Recommendations of UNMASKED

What enormous fun! Vivian Lermond effortlessly creates a fun and intriguing mystery play with a really engaging pair of sleuths. Full of atmosphere, great characters and, of course, murder! A triumph!

Heard this funny and thrilling audio play performed by States of Play Theater group. What a great mystery and better yet one set during Halloween. I'd listen to any audio play that the Stillwell sisters are in.

A perfectly lovely murder mystery featuring the shrewd and delightful Stillwell sisters, amateur English sleuths whose combined powers of observation and deduction uncover the murderer. The mystery is compellingly unraveled amidst the charming interplay between Dorethea and Margarite. One sister is intuitive, one is analytical. So much fun as they come to the aid of Police Inspector Harry Collins in his stalled investigation of a masked murder at a Halloween masquerade party. Beautifully written for radio — I could hear it play out as I read! The Stillwells are right up there with the best of Agatha Christie sleuths.

Our own Dorethea and Margarite are back - this time at a Halloween masquerade party! You may once again breathe freely as they solve the latest crime in the neighborhood. The sisters, best known as The Stillwell Agency, aid the Chief Inspector when a murder occurs - those new Americans who've moved in. And these Americans deserve what they get! So sit yourself down with a cuppa tea at the radio and enjoy UNMASKED!

The Stillwell Agency has to be one of the best mystery franchises in literature! These two sisters, who enjoy relaxing over a cup of tea or indulging in a fine meal, always manage to pick up the clues that other investigators miss. Perhaps it’s intuition or just the way the two complement each other. Vivian Lermond has created an absolutely charming duo, and UNMASKED is a wonderful addition to their case files!

A picture perfect mystery (without the picture, of course) done up as a radio play. Very glad Vivian Lermond has continued the adventures of Dorethea and Margarite, the detective sisters with an eye for crime and a taste for sweets. As always, Vivian's dialogue has charm out the wazoo (even if my review doesn't). As a radio play, there's a lot to fiddle around with; party noises, location sounds, the retort of gunfire, etc. I bet the sound designer will have a field day. As will any audience listening to this. I hope the sisters sleuthing and snacking will continue.

They're back! The saga of the murder-solving Stillwell sisters continues in this latest installment. This time the plot involves Americans (gasp) who move into their neighbo(u)rhood. When one of them is shot at his own costume party, the game is afoot. If you love cozy English mysteries, and if you love old-time radio dramas, you will love the Stillwell's. And you can treat yourself to more of their adventures in Lermond's delightful collection, "Mad for Mystery," available from Next Stage Press.

Once again Lermond's heroines rise to the occasion, the delectable, sweet, old fashioned and sharp as a tack duo crack the crime and see the gang off for their dastardly deeds. Vivian captures the differences in language and style between the brash New Yorkers and the refined, almost genteel English cast, even down to the spelling 'errors' our American cousins continue to perpetrate on our spelling...delicious and a wonderful script for stage or screen...