num_pages: 384
description: When the illustrious India Hartley is accused of murder she has to uncover the deceptions of others to save herself.India Hartley the famous and beautiful actress is now alone in the world after her fathers death and embarks upon a tour of theaters across the South. Her first stop is Savannahs Southern Palace. On the eve of the second nights performance something goes horribly wrong. Her co-star Arthur Sterling is shot dead on stage in front of a packed house and India is arrested and accused of the crime.A benefactor hires Philip Sinclair the bestand handsomestlawyer in Savannah to defend India. A widower Philip is struggling to reinvent his worn-out plantation on St. Simons Island. He needs to increase his income from his law practice in order to restore Indigo Point and hardly anything will bring him more new clients than successfully defending a famous actress on a murder charge.Because India cant go anywhere in town without being mobbed Philip persuades the judge handling her case to let him take her to Indigo Point until her trial date. India is charmed by the beauty of the Georgia low country and is increasingly drawn to Philip. But a locked room that appears to be a shrine to Philips dead wife and the unsolved disappearance of a former slave girl raise troubling questions. Piecing together clues in an abandoned boat and a burned-out chapel India discovers a trail of dark secrets that lead back to Philip secrets that ultimately may hold the key to her freedom. If only he will believe her.
language: English
title: A Respectable Actress
publisher: Thomas Nelson