Florence Kinrade, dutiful daughter of a wealthy, upper-crust Canadian family in 1909, lives a secret double life as a vaudeville showgirl in Richmond, Virginia. Then sister Ethel shows up dead, with Florence being, apparently, the only one at the scene at the time. Next up, a coroner’s inquest, a mental diagnosis, more vaudeville show business, and a good hard investigative look by investigative journalist, Frank Jones. 

Holding many parallels with Lizzie Borden, another famous mystery involving a family murder and an inscrutable young woman, Florence is the central figure in a gruesome family crime. By digging deeply into contemporary accounts and the testimony from Florence’s high-profile court inquest, Frank Jones’ masterful narrative details the challenges of an upper-class woman seeking a showbiz career, reveals the racism and the little-known “tramp menace” feared by people of the era, and exposes Florence’s mental diagnosis by a famous psychiatrist. In the book, we discover, for the first time, the secrets of Florence’s inner life, suppressed emotions, and romantic escapades.

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