num_pages: 317
description: This debut is the first in a series of riveting behind-the-scenes mysteries from Hollywoods Golden Age.Los Angeles 1937. Lillian Frost has traded dreams of stardom for security as a department store salesgirl . . . until she discovers shes a suspect in the murder of her former roommate Ruby Carroll. Party girl Ruby died wearing a gown she stole from the wardrobe department at Paramount Pictures domain of Edith Head.Edith has yet to win the first of her eight Academy Awards; right now shes barely hanging on to her job and a scandal is the last thing she needs. To clear Lillians name and save Ediths career the two women join forces.Unraveling the mystery pits them against a Hungarian princess on the lam a hotshot director on the make and a private investigator whos not on the level. All they have going for them are dogged determination assists from the likes of Bob Hope and Barbara Stanwyck and a killer sense of style. In show business that just might be enough.
language: English
title: Design for Dying
publisher: Forge Books