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Book Review of The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles


From the inside cover of the book:

ROMANCE In 1943, on the dance floor of Manhatten's El Morocco, showgirl Ann Arden meets Navy ensign Billy Grenville, the scion of New York's most aristocratic family. GLAMOUR Billy instantly falls in love. Much to the horror of Alice Grenville, the imperial family matriarch, Billy marries Ann. To the world they seem the perfect couple. GOSSIP One rainy night in 1955, the Grenvilles return home from a party for the Duchess of Windsor. Billy hears a scream from his wife's bedroom. He rushes to investigate - and Ann fires a shotgun into Billy Grenville's handsome face. SCANDAl The tabloids call it "the shooting of the century." But did Ann truly mistake her husband for a prowler - or did she murder him?