Richards, Linda

Nicole Charles, who wanted to be a real reporter but settled for a job as a society reporter, hears opportunity knocking when she discovers a dead body in an alley one night while covering a gallery opening and she finds herself in the middle of the biggest story of the year.

Gossip columnist Nicole Charles buys a desk at auction that turns out to be at the center of a secret from the past and a crime in the present.

Kitty Pangborn, having found work at a detective agency, owned by P.I. Dex Theroux, after her father commits suicide when the stock market crashes, finds herself trying to determine who is threatening a young equestrienne aiming to be the first horsewoman to compete at an Olympic level just before the 1932 Olympic Games.