Rudolph Valentino, the American movie star, is in town. But is he about to be murdered in a blaze of light? The stakes are high for Posie Parker in this golden-age style mystery novella!

December, 1924.

London glitters during a snowstorm, and Posie Parker, Private Detective, and her best friend, Dolly, Countess Cardigeon, enjoy a fashion show hosted by Liberty on Regent Street.

Rudolph Valentino, the most famous movie star in the whole world, is also there, incognito, and he seeks Posie’s help: he’s in the country researching for a new film, but he’s also been asked to be this year’s surprise guest who will switch on the Christmas lights at Piccadilly, among crowds of excited shoppers.

Confessing he’s received a poison pen letter, Valentino is worried for the safety of himself and his bickering entourage, which includes his jealous wife Natacha, his dazzling female co-star, Nita Naldi, his sleek Secretary Reed Amory, and his Manager Donald Derekson. Posie suddenly finds herself thrown into a dazzling world she can barely comprehend: hiding from the public and the press; high-octane glamour at the Café de Paris; death threats, and very, very complicated private lives.

And with the “switching on” ceremony itself overshadowed by danger, and an unknown and very reckless killer in their midst, Posie Parker must use all of her wits and resources to ensure things run to plan in the bright lights of central London. But it’s a countdown to a plot involving murder....

A gorgeously evocative 1920s mystery novella, this is one for fans of Agatha Christie, Helena Dixon, and Lee Strauss.