Murder at the Follies

Elaine Rounds Budd. Turtle Publishing Company, $14.95 (272pp) ISBN 978-0-9633947-5-0

In Elaine Rounds Budd's Murder at the Follies: An Amy Francis Mystery, Ziegfeld's top showgirl Justine, the ""Spirit of the Follies,"" is murdered in her dressing room just before she's due on stage. With the help of swinging socialite Johnny Griswold, 19-year-old Amy, who shared Justine's dressing room, must clear herself of suspicion and uncover the real killer.

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