The Moveable Feast: Bill Noel (No Joke) at Pawleys Plantation. In our favorite
retired academic accountant's 16th cozy, four aging comedians
deliver anything but laughs when they descend upon Folly Beach, a small,
laid-back barrier island near Charleston, SC. Chris Landrum's introduction to
the newcomers is when he averts disaster by escorting one of them out of the
center of Folly's busiest street, a task made even more difficult since the
jokester, wearing a long, wool coat over red swim trunks and black patent
leather shoes, is flailing a fishing rod at anything that moves, be it vehicle
or human. In addition to the stranger no knowing why he's in the center of the
street, he claims to have discovered a dead body at the beach. The problem is
he can't remember if he saw it that day, the previous month, or perhaps four
years earlier. Jokes, lies, secrets, dead bodies, several murder suspects, and
danger follow the comics. It's up to retired bureaucrat Chris, along with his
cadre of quirky pals, to sort out what's going on before some of them are added
to the list of victims. $30, 843.235.9600 or www.ClassAtPawleys.com.