Chapters

1. Chapter 1: The Dead Speak First
2. Chapter 2: The Missing Leading Lady
3. Chapter 3: The Killer's Understudy
4. Chapter 4: Beyond the Applause
5. Chapter 5: The Killer's Lines
6. Chapter 6: The Understudy in the Mirror
7. Chapter 7: Silence the Refuser
8. Chapter 8: The First Rewrite
9. Chapter 9: The Final Act
10. Chapter 10: The Understudy in the Glass
11. Chapter 11: The Scapegoat Light
12. Chapter 12: The First Rewrite
13. Chapter 13: The Address in Red
14. Chapter 14: The Understudy's First Truth
15. Chapter 15: No Exit in the Mirror
16. Chapter 16: A New Line Before Curtain
17. Chapter 17: The Watch That Walks Backward
18. Chapter 18: The Understudy's Verdict
19. Chapter 19: Beyond the Missing Page
20. Chapter 20: Lights Before the Curtain
21. Chapter 21: The Other Maeve
22. Chapter 22: The Understudy's Soliloquy
23. Chapter 23: Beyond the Light
24. Chapter 24: Hand Back the Knife
25. Chapter 25: The Understudy on the Death List
26. Chapter 26: No Understudy in the Mirror
27. Chapter 27: Hand the Knife to the Victim
28. Chapter 28: The Missing Leading Lady
29. Chapter 29: Opening on the Missing Page
30. Chapter 30: The Understudy’s True Name
31. Chapter 31: The First Rewrite
32. Chapter 32: Before the Curtain Falls
33. Chapter 33: The Two Maeves
34. Chapter 34: The Understudy's Name
35. Chapter 35: The Cost of Rewriting
36. Chapter 36: Before the Curtain Falls
37. Chapter 37: The Name Beneath the Mask
38. Chapter 38: The Audience Clause
39. Chapter 39: No Curtain Call
40. Chapter 40: After Midnight

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Chapter 8: The First Rewrite

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