Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

When the husband of a wealthy dog food heiress is found bludgeoned to death at an exclusive Philadelphia hunt club, the evidence points toward a devious blackmail scheme--with Nora Blackbird's sister, Emma, as the main suspect.

Heiress Nora Blackbird and her two sisters, Libby and Emma, investigate a case of murder among the aristocracy that is tied to a popular sports bar, political intrigue, and a blue-blooded brat with a thirst for fame and fortune.

"Now Nora has a job as a society page columnist for a Philadelphia paper. This down-and-almost former debutante is happy to reclaim her place within the city's elite. Until her first party assignment, when she stumbles upon the murdered body of the host, a millionaire art collector and old family friend." -- Back cover.

When the three Blackbird sisters show up to claim their deceased aunt's supposedly-fabulous country estate, they find a decayed house and a dead body.

"Nora Blackbird--pregnant at last!--is spending summer afternoons wallowing in the Bucks County pool of her best friend, Lexie Paine, who has just been released from prison. At night, Nora is covering Philadelphia's high-society events for the local newspaper. And this time she doesn't have to look far for a good story. Next door, a Broadway show is in rehearsal at the estate of Toodles Tuttle, the long-deceased but ever-legendary composer. Reigning...