Description

A dismal Victorian manse, established on an island off the coast of Maine, appears an unlikely location for silent screen legend Tasheba London's 100th birthday celebration. Controversy has always surrounded the mystical megastar, then when Bennis Hannaford, best-selling writer and remote relative of Tashebais partner, is invited to the soiree, she happily encourages her closest friend, former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian. For before her candles can be blown out by Tasheba, a break on the head tips her of her centenary, No invitation is required by death, it seems, to the celebrations. As Gregor investigates reduced dubious revelers, phone cables, and another body one of the birthday balloons the fete develops ever grimmer.