Almost a four-star, but it starts a little slowly for that. This debut mystery novel is set in 1930s Hollywood, and features Edith Head, the famous costume designer as a principal character. Lillian Frost, a transplant from New York, works in the lingerie department of an expensive speciality store, but aspired to a movie career, which she has determined is not for her.
The plot spins around the murder of Ruby Carroll, a beautiful and conniving young woman, whom Lillian knows from her former rooming house, and who was once her best friend...
There are lots of twists and turns, a possible Hungarian princess, a South American polo-playing playboy, a gangster, several detectives, and lots of stars of the time make brief entrances into the story. It's fun. Handled well, it could turn into a light and airy period movie with lots of cameo appearances.
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