Alice de Janze was born Alice Silverthorne, the daughter of textile industrialist William Silverthorne and Armour meatpacking family member Marietta Armour Chapin. She was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1899. She met and married Frederic de Janze, a French racing driver, in 1921. The couple became friends with Lord and Lady Erroll, who invited them to visit their estate in Kenya, Africa. The community of Happy Valley in Kenya was a place where many wealthy Europeans went to party. Sexual liaisons and drug use were common, and Alice happily entered into an affair with Lord Erroll. She also had an affair with another man, and was very open about it. Unfortunately for her, Lord Erroll was found murdered in 1941. Alice was looked at as a suspect, due to their public affair. I will not spoil the story any further, but it was an interesting one.

I had never heard of Alice or the murder of Lord Erroll before I found this book. I got it at my favorite used bookstore, and picked it up because I like gossip, scandal, and murder. There were a couple of things I am not sure I agree with that this author wrote in this book, namely surrounding the death of Alice's mother. I have read other reviews who say a similar thing. Overall, the book was well written and entertaining. It is fairly short, under 300 pages. If you like scandal from elite's, this might be right up your alley.