"Witty women, eccentric characters, and crazy situation all add up to a good read."
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Trixie Dolan and Evangeline Sinclair, Babson's feisty elderly heroines, are back, just as
bickering, inquisitive, and delightful as ever. The two former film stars are at leisure (temporarily, of course)
but they have, again of course, expectations of juicy parts in a movie in the near future.

Meanwhile, circumstances force a move to a penthouse suite in an only partially remodeled London warehouse.
Currently the quarters are pretty primitive, but the two actresses cope bravely, not even minding the dangerous
door in the kitchen that opens onto an unguarded three-story drop. They are rather pleased by it, in fact, since
conversations from the strange and contentious assortment of tenants who occupy the rest of the building come
right up to the ladies' eager ears and they become gleefully immersed in the troubles of their neighbors.

Curiosity changes to unease, however, the more they learn. When a young woman's body is pulled out of the river,
their suspicions are confirmed, and they are plunged into the center of a perilous series of events.

Marian Babson was born in Salem, Massachusetts, but has lived in London, England, for the greater part of her life. Her many interests—theater, cinema, art, cooking, travel, and cats—are reflected in her numerous novels.

Johanna Ward (also known as Kate Reading) is an award-winning narrator and actor. She is a company member at Woolly Mammoth Theatre and has appeared on many other stages. She and her husband, actor-narrator Michael Kramer (Nick Bernard), live with their two children in the Washington, D.C. area.