Here is a riveting novel of Hollywood

glamour and suspense by the First Lady

of the American theater, Helen Hayes,

and Thomas Chastain, author of many

acclaimed mystery-suspense novels.

Where the Truth Lies is set in the glitter-

ing haunts of the entertainment business:

on movie sets, in palatial Beverly Hills

mansions, and even at the annual Academy

Awards ceremony itself--where a murder

is committed onstage and on camera, in

front of millions of people.

Yet no one saw whodunit!

The victim is authoritarian film pro-

ducer Arthur Strickland. The suspects all

worked on Strickland s latest smash-hit

film and form a dazzling galaxy of show-

biz personalities: temperamental superstar

Kathleen Havens, bumped from Strick-

land s movie for unprofessioiaal behavior;

fresh and lovely newcomer Courtney

Ware, a discovery from New York the-

ater brought in to replace Havens; ur-

bane and hard-drinking movie director Jack

King; and perhaps even Halcie Harper, a

luminous star whose long and distin-

guished fictional career resembles that of

a reaMife actress like.., well, Helen Hayes.

They all had motives for murder. And

you will follow with breathless excitement

as the ingenious plot is unraveled.

Helen Hayes has long been a mystery

lover, and she rejoices that she has had the

opportunity to team up with best-selling

mystery author Thomas Chastain to utilize

many facets of her remarkable career for