When the young journalist Lee Collins, the heroine of the novel “The Whispering Darkness,” learned the secret of her birth from her father, she was beside herself with indignation. Former Hollywood film star Laura Worth is her birth mother. But why did she abandon her daughter, why did she leave her without maternal affection? The girl decides to find Laura Worth to find out everything from her herself. The truth turns out to be bitter. The movie star was considered involved in the murder of a famous director. And now the girl needs to find out only one thing - who the killer was. The heroine of the novel "Columbella", schoolteacher Jessica Abbott, is also investigating - finding out the cause of death of the owner of the house where she came to stay. Was she killed by the man she loves?