โYou shall never have a penny of my money. Leave me alone or I will shoot you dead!โ
1924. After six months in Hollywood, young British widow Emma Blackstone has come to love her new employer, glamourous movie-star Kitty Flintโeven if her late husbandโs sister is one of the worst actresses sheโs ever seen. Looking after
Kitty and her three adorable Pekinese dogs isnโt work academically mindedEmma dreamed of, but Kitty rescued her when she was all alone in the world. Now, the worst thing she has to worry about is the shocking historical inaccuracies of the films Kitty stars in.
Until, that is, Rex FestrawโKittyโs first husband, to whom she may or may not still be marriedโturns up dead in her dressing room, a threatening letter seemingly from Kitty in his pocket.
Emmaโs certain her flighty but kindhearted sister-in-law has been framed. But who by? And why? From spiteful rivals to jealous boyfriends, the suspects are numerous. But as Emma investigates, she begins to untangle a deadly plotโand
thereโs something Kittyโs not telling her ...