The Skull Beneath the Skin: P.D. James

Hired to protect a beautiful but neurotic actress, Cordelia Gray soon becomes embroiled in a dangerous case. Clarissa Lisle hopes to make a spectacular comeback in The Duchess of Malfi to be played in Ambrose Gorringe's sinister castle at Courcy Island. Cordelia is there to ensure Clarissa's safety following a number of poison pen letters. But it's clear everyone's in danger. Trapped within the walls of the Gothic castle, the treacherous past of the island re-emerges and everyone seems to have a motive for sending Clarissa 'down, down to hell'.