Description: From the bestselling author of the Karina Cardinal mysteries and the award winning The Brass Compass comes a new historical cozy mystery series.
A dead body, a magazine deadline, and a race against time-1958's most fashionable writer turns sleuth.
In 1958, when women are expected to be fashionable housewives, Ariadne Winter has bigger ambitions: becoming an investigative reporter. Sent to the Ivy Tree Inn on assignment for Ladies' Lifestyle Magazine, she's tasked with interviewing a Hollywood starlet preparing for the "Wedding of the Century." But when Ariadne discovers a dead body, she sees an unexpected chance to prove she has what it takes to report real news. Digging into the lives of the inn's guests and staff uncovers tangled relationships, buried secrets, and no shortage of suspects. With the inn cordoned off and a killer still at large, Ariadne must unravel the clues before her magazine deadline expires. If she fails, she could lose more than her shot at a dream career-she could become the killer's next victim.
Step back into a world of vintage glamour, tightly guarded secrets, and a daring young woman determined to solve a murder before her time runs out. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Tana French.