Lesley-Anne Down

As she lay dying, a woman gives the only witness to her murder her daughter's journal, implying that her attacker may also be responsible for her child's death. Before giving the journal to the police, the witness makes a copy for herself - an act she will live to regret.

Angie has sole ownership of her family's event planning business in her sights, but when she stands in for her cousin Candace at the Christmas-querade masked Ball and wealthy bachelor Nicholas Carmichael takes notice, Angie must choose between love and her career.

"Middle-aged Frederick Egerman has been patiently waiting a year for his young bride Anne to consummate their marriage. But unbeknownst to Frederick, his son Erich is also in love with Anne. To complicate matters, Frederick's former mistress Desiree Armfeldt arrives in town--but Desiree is having a clandestine affair with the husband of the Countess Mittelheim! The mismatched couples in this delightful bedroom farce are all invited to a country estate...

On the train ride to Marylebone Station, American Luke Williams befriends elderly Lavinia Fullerton. She is en route to Scotland Yard to disclose the name of a murderer, and Luke soon finds himself caught up in a murder investigation.