Not only was I given a contract within that same week, but I was also told that I had to have the full plot ready within six weeks. It was a very nerve-wracking period; but I ironed out the wrinkles, and it turned out to be very satisfying. One reader who personally contacted me thought it was "one of the most elegantly plotted murder mysteries I ever read."

LeBrun falls in love with a Southern chatelaine of an NYC mansion, which adds a racy element to the tale. Among the true events falling within the story is the spectacular murder of architect Stanford White by millionaire playboy Harry Thaw over White's dalliances with Thaw's gorgeous model/chorine wife Evelyn Nesbit.

The clubs covered in this novel are the Metropolitan Club, the Manhattan Club and the Players Club. The staff of the Players Club were very gracious to me (unlike the still-snooty Metropolitan Club). The artwork shows LeBrun standing in front of the façade of The Players Club, which was before that Edwin Booth's residence (and still has his rooms preserved). If you walk through "chi chi" Gramercy Park, you will recognize that it still looks the same.