Murder At The Blue Owl

By: Lee Martin

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Synopsis

Deb Ralston, the savvy, compassionate,

"immensely appealing" (Kirkus) police

detective who first came on the scene in

Too Sane a Murder and A Conspiracy of

Strangers, is back in full forceeven fuller,

as she's carrying the child she has finally

been able to conceive. Suffering through

the early stages of a first pregnancy at the

age of 42, Deb hopes to spend a relaxing

weekend at the birthday celebration of her

old school friend's mother, former screen

star Margali Bowman. Deb remembers

Margali as eccentric and flamboyant,

putting her staid daughter, Deb's friend

Fara, into the shade; what she doesn't

remember is the hysterical paranoia that

Margali is now exhibiting. Maudlin

melodrama turns to murder when the

lights come up after a private viewing of

Margali's screen gems to reveal her dead

body. Abruptly placed on duty, Deb must

sift through Margali's household of family

and friends to come up with a murderer.

Poisoned drinks, a mysterious stab

wound, and a proliferation of wills