Spirited dialogue, posh Roaring '20s style, and devious mysteries abound as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford mix marriage and mystery solving.
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James Warwick
Tommy Beresford
Francesca Annis
Tuppence Beresford (née Cowley)
Reece Dinsdale
Albert
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An editor gets drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she receives an unfinished manuscript.
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