Date With the Perfect Dead Man — Annie Griffin

HILL CREEK BABYLON

Marin County is getting ready for its close-up. As the annual Hill Creek Film Festival begins, Hannah and Kiki, sisters of a certain age, are itching to rub elbows with the stars (strictly B, but still Hollywood). The main attraction? Flamboyant, womanizing semi-legend Frederick Casey, a little faded around the edges, but still loaded with enough wattage to turn a woman's head. How dreadful that his secret tryst with man-crazy Kiki turns out to be such a heart stopper. And to fade out in such a compromising position--wearing little more than a smile! But when digoxin is discovered in the old trouper's flask, a celluloid tragedy quickly dissolves into a shocking tale of true crime--with Kiki in the starring role as Number One Suspect...