Wherever Randy Craig goes, trouble seems to follow. With the help of her friend Denise, Randy has landed a summer job running a high school theatre program linked to the Freewill Shakespeare Festival. But when a local actor shows up dead and Denise is the prime suspect, Randy has to find a way to solve the mystery while surrounded with suspects who have no trouble lying to her face.

The Roar of the Crowd by Janice MacDonald is the sixth installment in the wildly popular Randy Craig mystery series set in Edmonton, Alberta.