The Knights of Columbus will host the annual murder mystery theater April 24 and 25 in the parish hall at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church.

This year, the performance by the Shadow Mountain Community Players will be "Touchtone "M" for Murder," by Craig Sodaro.

The playgroup gets its material mostly from Pioneer Drama Services in Englewood, Colo., and has used scripts from the company to stage plays for the Wild West Extravaganza and other performances.

The synopsis from thePioneer Drama Web site gives this information about the upcoming performances.

The play revolves around "Sam Slade, a famous, although rather inept, detective who needs the help of the audience in solving this mystery.

Sam has come to the Clam Cove Inn island resort in a marital pursuit of his girlfriend, Lila Dean.

Lila, however, has her sights set on introducing her recipe of fried clams to Colonel Horace Clamskey, the stingy and generally nasty owner of the Crazy For Clams chain of restaurants.

He's accompanied by his secretly adoring secretary, his spoiled niece and her doting cowboy suitor, his spinster schoolteacher sister and his irritating cousin, Calvin Cobb.

Sam finds Lila, but also stumbles upon the murder of the colonel. Motives are discovered among the many guests as a vicious hurricane bears down on the island.

The web of suspense continues as the criminal strikes again -- the colonel's niece is kidnapped.

Who could it be?

Is it the Wiltons with their obnoxious children, a bird-watching widow, an eccentric New York cartoonist looking for peace and quiet or the Beaupree Sisters, Faith, Hope and Charity, who manage the inn left to them by their late father?"

Slade must untangle the twisted plot and find the killer before another person dies.

Tickets are $10 and are available at the church, Pahrump Community Library, Secret Sisters Boutique and at the door.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. both evenings.

This will not be a murder mystery dinner theater but refreshments will be available for purchase.