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Archy McNally rushes in to salvage a town's reputation when a duchess of Palm Beach is found dead, leaving behind a fabulous fortune.

"When the Palm Beach Community Theater needs a director for its production of Arsenic and Old Lace, Archy tosses his megaphone into the ring. ... And when an actor sips some prop wine and drops dead, the Palm Beach police suddenly develop a special interest in the local theater scene."--Jacket.

While investigating a crime passionnel among the rich in Florida, PI Archy McNally uncovers blackmail. It involves a passenger who did not perish in the Titanic, but escaped in a dress.

Archy McNally directs a play, but there is more drama off-stage than on stage when an actor sips some prop wine and drops dead. The Palm Beach police investigate.