A successful writer and a B-movie director seem like the perfect match
in the Hollywood hills, and with him working to produce her novel for an
upcoming film, the pair's recent marriage isn't the only way that
they're connected. But when the husband is found murdered on the wife's
birthday, using a method of poisoning that was described in one of her
books, Victoria suddenly becomes the main suspect as her new happy life
comes crashing down around her.
The case appears straightforward from the outside, but the LAPD
investigator on the scene finds the truth to be anything but. Though all
the signs point to Victoria, there's no motive to be found. Now, to
solve the mystery of whodunnit, he'll have to dig beneath the veneer of
the household and reveal its inner workings, and to understand the
deadly drama that unfolded just beneath the surface.
Reprinted for the first time in over half a century, The Birthday Murder
is a beautifully written and psychologically astute Golden Age mystery
set in old Los Angeles. It will appeal to fans of vintage whodunnits and
of standout domestic suspense authors from the era such as Dorothy B.
Hughes, Charlotte Armstrong, and Margaret Millar.
