Jane James knows that she was born to better things than a dingy bedroom in her Aunt Doreen's house in Norbury. One day a chance encounter leads her into meeting girl-about town Suzy St John, opening the door to the life she has always dreamed of. But will mutation mink jackets and engagement rings make Jane truly happy?

A deliciously wicked, witty tale of villainy, scandal, sex and science

'A whip-smart comedy, chock-full with glamour, secret agents and sun-drenched Californian orange groves - seriously, what could be more heavenly?' Saga It is September 1940 and Evelyn Murdoch, a translator from the Postal Censorship department, is uprooted from her home in wartime Woking and transferred to Hollywood. She is to assist a mysterious British agent in his attempts to outwit the Los Angeles German delegation and boost the British propaganda war effort. The unhappy young widow is supplied with a new Californian wardrobe, a Bel Air bungalow and her own desk in the writers'...