It is the summer of 1914 and lady's maid Jane Prescott returns to New York to find that her old dancing partner, Leo Hirschfeld, has married a chorus girl in his Broadway musical. But behind the glittering facade of the theater, the show's abusive producer, Sidney Warburton, is murdered, and the list of suspects is long: was it the comedic star, her gambler boyfriend, the disgruntled costume designer? Or was it Leo himself, who had more reason than anyone to hate Warburton? In this fourth outing (after Death of an American Beauty), Jane and reporter Michael Behan must strip back the masks of these consummate performers before one of them kills again.