Diva

Lights! Camera! Murder!Beautiful, talented Ida Lake was known as "The Diva" to her millions of fans when she reigned as Hollywood's black acting and singing sensation of the 1940s. Her career--and her sanity--collapsed after the suspicious deaths of the husband she adored and the daughter she worshiped and, haunted by rumors of "Un-American" activities, Ida took refuge abroad. Two decades later, she has been coaxed into a comeback as the star of a Broadway musical. But tragedy stalks Ida Lake once again as a mysterious web of intrigue, sex scandal and murder envelops the show.In Diva award-winning author Stanley Bennett Clay captures the glamour and suspense of show business, where drama wasn't only on stage!