A young actress aids a frightened child caught in drugs and danger, entering a wealthy world where romance and a killer’s shadow collide.
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A young actress aids a frightened child caught in drugs and danger, entering a wealthy world where romance and a killer’s shadow collide.
"You'd better stay away from me," the little girl whispered to Ellen Stacey, "or they'll get you like they did Amy. She was my friend. So they killed her."
The little girl's voice held such hushed horror that Ellen felt a chill of fear. Who were they? Did the dazed child have real enemies, or were they the shadowy figures of her imagination?
The young actress had found Cecily Vandering huddled on the terrace of the Cloisters Museum, half-unconscious from drugs. She wore the uniform of one ...
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Mild romantic subplot with attraction; closed-door romantic suspense tone
Murder and a nearly fatal staged accident; peril without graphic gore
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Child found with heroin; drugging of a minor is central to the mystery
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Wealthy New York society and class backdrop only
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Child endangerment via drugs; murder of a young woman referenced
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