When the actress disappears, the show must go on, which with Hammer means swift, violent retaliation. But Rita is an old flame of Hammer's, and when their romance is rekindled, the detective finds the actress facing death threats and himself the target of one hit man after another. of all, draws a seemingly routine assignment: playing bodyguard to diva Rita Vance on the eve of her big Broadway comeback. In Encore for Murder, Hammer, the toughest P.I. Presented in radio-show format, this is the first production of the show in Iowa following stagings at the International Mystery Writers Festival at Owensboro, Kentucky, and Ruth Eckerd Hall’s Murray Theatre in Clearwater, Florida, with the Saturday-night presentation, like the previous ones, starring Gary Sandy of WKRP in Cincinnati fame as Spillane's iconic private investigator Mike Hammer. With the mystery thriller produced as a special, 75th-anniversary tribute to the publication of Mickey Spillane's first novel I, the Jury, famed novelist, screenwriter, and playwright Max Allan Collins presents a one-night-only staging of Encore for Murder: The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, a special September 17 event held in the Muscatine High School Auditorium. Muscatine High School Auditorium, 2705 Cedar Street, Muscatine IA
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