I Bet Your Life

This breezy comedy has hilarious situations, clever dialogue, intriguing romance, and surprise twists. It is about a terminally ill man who hires a hitman to kill him and then finds out he was misdiagnosed. Matt's agent and best friend, Greg, think the plot is not feasible, so Matt contacts a gangster and arranges for an incognito hitman to join them at a dinner party in the country. Stacy, secretary and love interest to both men, helps them solve the identity question, but surprise after surprise thwarts them. Is the whole scheme a con game?

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 82 pages
Publication date: 09 May 2022
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

This breezy comedy is a delight thanks to its hilarious situations, clever dialogue, intriguing romance, and surprise twists. Soap opera author Matthew Stoddard has written a screenplay about a terminally ill man who hires a hitman to kill him and then finds out he was misdiagnosed. Matt's agent and best friend, Greg, thinks the plot is not feasible, so Matt contacts a gangster and arranges for an incognito hitman to join them at a dinner party in the country to prove his point.

Circumstances place a real hitman among the guests, and the action accelerates as they try to find out who it is before the deadline. Stacy, secretary and love interest to both men, does her best to help them solve the identity question, as surprise after surprise thwarts them. Is the whole scheme really a con game? And who cons the con man? And who is conning them all?

Excellent parts make this play fun to produce and view.

ISBN-13: 9780573695711