The Murders of Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Beale — Jill McGown

Both murder victims were dishy; both had rich husbands. Otherwise, Leonora Austin, struggling artist, and Rosemary Beale, ex-call girl, had nothing in common. Until the night they were both found br4tailliy murdered, with an open phone line between their homes.

It's a disturbing case, not only for newly promoted Detective Inspector Judy Hill, who knew Leonora Austin, but also for her boyfriend, Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd. But when investigating the complicated romantic lives of Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Beale, including their husbands' past and present lovers, Hill and Lloyd uncover cold-hearted greed and calculated ambition-- and a killer (or killers?) waiting to cut both their lines dead....