Ben Helm plans a quiet Labor Day weekend in the country, but lands in murder up to his ears with a killer who has to hide a shocking scandal.

Among the guests at this deadly party:

ELAINE LENNAN - a gushing novelist who liked to put her friends in her stories

MURIEL RAUCH - a mousy blonde who hooked a millionaire

GRETA HELM - her figure belonged in burlesque

SPIKE RAUCH - a quiz kid with a taste for actresses

QUINN BOXHARD - a matinee idol who couldn't keep his lovemaking on stage