One shilling for candles

In Josephine Tye's novel One Shilling for Candles, we meet Christine Clay, a movie star rising in Hollywood. She returns to England to spend her vacation at the seaside, but the recreation turns into tragedy when her body is discovered drowned in water. It soon becomes clear that her death was not an accident but a planned murder. All eyes turn to Robert Tisdall, an acquaintance of hers, who is fleeing suspicion. But the story takes an interesting turn when Erica, the police superintendent'...