Publisher's Synopsis
Paris, 1930. The Honourable Opal Laplume has just started working as a seamstress in the most glamorous cabaret in Paris. The stage is set for opening night, but tragedy strikes when the star of the show, Valentine Beaumanoir falls from her hotel balcony. The police believe it's an accident, but Opal isn't convinced. Witnesses heard Valentine shout for help before she fell. But if she was pushed, how could the culprit have escaped when her room was locked from the inside? When a deadly note to another dancer is found, Opal ditches her threads and thimbles to take charge of the case. Stepping backstage, she finds everyone had a reason to want Valentine dead. But just as Opal thinks she's on track to solve the mystery, the theatre is rocked by a murder on stage. Opal soon realises a bigger plot is unfolding. Can she keep her composure and catch the cabaret killer?