Fleur De Leigh's Life of Crime

Tucked away in her parents' lavish Beverly Hills mansion, young Fleur de Leigh has all the benefits of a privileged and glamorous upbringing. Or so she is frequently told. Fleur's mother, a flamboyant, ambitious B-movie actress and eponymous star of The Charmian Leigh Radio Mystery Half-Hour, and her aloof father, currently reduced to producing the TV game show Sink or Get Rich, casually entrust their daughter's welfare to a procession of nannies, cooks, and character actors. Surrounded by falsies, false eyelashes, and lust for fame, Fleur seeks to learn from her eccentric caretakers the difference between genuine love and its many imitations.

Diane Leslie was born in Hollywood and by age nineteen was working as a television researcher and story analyst. She began writing fiction while raising two sons. For many years she has worked at Dutton's Brentwood Bookstore, where she hosts the frequent author readings and leads numerous book groups.