Songbird — Hannah Howe

Songbird - a mystery set in 1963, at the dawn of the Swinging Sixties. Hired to chaperone songstress Rita Mantez, enquiry agent Elinor Mansfield finds herself embroiled in a murder mystery. While investigating the murder, she also seeks to discover what provoked her husband's, Spitfire fighter ace, Johnny Mansfield's, emotional breakdown. What happened during the war, only to resurface many years later? And did Rita murder a music business rival, as the police suspect?