The Skull beneath the Skin (Cordelia Gray Series #2)

Clarissa Lisle, an actress famous for her beauty and intrigue, wins a starring role on the death-shrouded island of Courcy.

It's Clarissa's last performance, and Cordelia Gray, searching for clues, finds everything turns to illusion. . . except her quest, where it's her life or the murderer's!

"In this one James pulls out all the stops!" (New York)