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Sleuths:
Nick
Nolan, 49.
Private detective, formerly an investigative newspaper reporter.
Lives in old house on dirt road in Foster.
Nancy
Nolan, 23.
Nick's only child, passed on college, wants to be a writer,
currently Nick's assistant. Funny, smart, perceptive.
Potential suspects:
Claire
Benson Spencer, 68.
Wealthy, reclusive socialite. Summers in Newport in Bon Soir, a
private mansion; winters in Palm Beach and Manhattan.
Charles
D. ``Charlie'' Baxter III, 23, Claire's son.
Successful filmmaker, lives in Providence, has worked for the
Farrelly Brothers. Offbeat, brilliant, handsome.
Gloria
Rodriguez, 27, a Trinity Rep actress.
Charlie Baxter's fiancee. Had parts in several Farrelly Bros. film.
Lives in rural Pascoag.
Helen
Washington, 36, Claire's personal secretary.
Employed for 15 years by Mrs. Spencer, with whom she lives. A
confidante and friend as well as employee.
Richard
Lombardo, 58, U.S. congressman R-R.I.
A Republican, like Mrs. Spencer. Romantically interested in Mrs.
Spencer, now that she's divorced (for the third time).
Chips
Morton, 59, second of Claire's three ex-husbands.
A financial failure and heavy drinker; his ex-wife feels pity (or
more?) for him. Lives on houseboat on Newport Harbor.
Lucy
Hamilton, 68, dear old friend of Claire.
Lives on East Side of Providence, visits Newport often. Widowed and
childless, she has even more money than her friend.
Ted
O'Hara, 48, Mrs. Spencer's butler.
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