Jo Slater is shocked to discover that her recently deceased husband has left his vast fortune to his mistress, Monique de Passy. The Manhattan penthouse, the Hamptons mansion, the art, the securities: all of it has been bequeathed to the homewrecking little French aristocrat. Jo decides not to get mad, but to get even, and she sets about trying to frame Monique for murder.

When her husband of twenty years dies under mysterious circumstances, leaving his fortune--and Jo's position in society--to a mysterious French countess, Jo Slater, once one of New York's leading grande dames, comes up with an ingenious scheme to seek revenge designed to recoup her fortune and reclaim her "throne," with only a little murder standing in her way.

When her husband of twenty years dies under mysterious circumstances, leaving his fortune--and Jo's position in society--to a mysterious French countess, Jo Slater, once one of New York's leading grande dames, comes up with an ingenious scheme to seek revenge designed to recoup her fortune and reclaim her "throne," with only a little murder standing in her way.