Put Out the Light

In spite of her bitterness at years of neglect, Constance Armstrong accepted her rich aunt Natalie's invitation to stay with her. At first she found the luxurious life in the big new England house a pleasant contrast to her struggle in Hollywood to support herself and her dying mother on a typist's salary. There had never been any communication between the two sisters so Constance knew nothing about Natalie, not that she was a famous poet, or that until her recent marriage to handsome young Jack Clifford she had been a recluse or why she had inherited all of her father's fortune. Natalie was kind and generous now, as if she were trying to make amends for the past. Yet there were nagging questions that Constance couldn't ignore. Why did Natalie's lawyer and Alice, her maid, want her to leave? Why was Natalie's biographer Tim Struthers so curious about Jack and the source of his income? Why did Tim hint that she as well as Natalie could be in some kind of danger? He was right...