Claire Miller

The Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA) celebrated more than two dozen outstanding actors, directors, designers, and ensembles at The 36th Annual Elliot Norton Awards ceremony at the Huntington Avenue Theatre last night. The coveted Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence was presented to Leigh Barrett, Robert J. Eagle received a Special Citation in honor of his 50 years at Reagle Music Theatre, and the Guest of Honor Award went to internet sensation Randy Rainbow.

YA author and stay-at-home mother Wendy Hinbest of Hamilton, will debut her suspense thriller 'Masquerade of Lies.' She is currently working on her second YA novel Lethal Precognition. Hinbest, a stay-at-home mother with an Early Childhood Education diploma and real estate license, has been writing since 2009. She has been working towards publication while raising her four children. She has also written articles for the Inspiring News about children and heart health. Set in Willowdale, California, 'Masquerade of Lies,' is a contemporary YA novel about Hanna Clark, a seventeen year old girl who desperately wants to escape her dark past of self-mutilation and psychosis. After she moves with her mother to a new city, she soon becomes a suspect in a murder investigation when the police find her with a dead girl from school surrounded by a pool of blood. On a mission to vindicate herself, Hanna races against time to prove her innocence, all while befriending the most popular girl in school, Claire Miller, and falling for Claire's boyfriend, Josh Banks. As Hanna's relationship with Josh begins to flourish, not only does she face Claire's unrelenting wrath, she's also shocked to learn Josh is a suspect in the murder as well - causing her world to come crashing down around her and leaving her mental stability hanging by a thread. Jennifer Andrew, founder of Femme VIP, a women's online e-zine said, 'This book had my interest from the beginning to the end. All the suspense had me at the edge of my seat!' Hinbest is available for interviews and appearances. She can be reached at whinbest@gmail.com.

The true story of murderous teens Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb has seen many iterations over the years, from thinly veiled derivatives like ROPE, COMPULSION or MURDER BY NUMBERS to direct accounts of their actions such as the musical THRILL ME, or the subject of this review, John Logan's NEVER THE SINNER.