Risking It All

When Fran Varady, aspiring actress and part-time sleuth, is approached by Private Investigator Clarence Duke, she mistrusts him on instinct. However, she can't ignore what he has to tell her. Her mother, Eva, who walked out on Fran when she was only seven, has hired Clarence to find her daughter. For Eva is dying. But the biggest bombshell of all is that Eva has another child - a daughter she gave up soon after her birth - and she wants Fran to find her. It's not an easy task, but it's when Clarence Duke is found dead in his car outside Fran's home that the trouble really begins...