KIRKUS BOOK REVIEW An engaging mystery novel about an alluring French woman, the wealthy Los Angeles community she marries into, and the many bizarre incidents that happen while she's around. Catherine Thompson, the woman at the center of Schiller's (The Inheritance of Death, 2012) novel, is a charismatic, charming LA resident who is initially loved by everyone she meets. Thompson, not a native Californian, was born in Avignon, France, and eventually brought to the West Coast by Jeffery Reynolds, an artist she met and married in London. At first, Thompson is happy in LA, and she has a son...