P.D. James 
Skull Beneath the Skin 
A Cordelia Gray Mystery

Invited to protect an actress within the rose red walls of a fairy-tale castle, Detective Cordelia Gray finds the stage is set for death.Actress Clarissa Lisle has always been famous for her ravishing beautyand her unscrupulous manipulations. Now on the death-shrouded island of Courcy, her schemes win her a starring role in a nightmare in which she can trust no onenot her deceived husband; her dangerously insecure stepson; her ominously genial host; her dependent, desperate cousin; or her cruelly amusing ex-lover. Soon Detective Cordelia gray finds that nothing is as it seems on Courcyespecially after the curtain goes down. Here she must delve into ancient secrets and guilt-stained pastsand risk her life to stop a brilliantly cunning murderer who has set the stage for her death.