From Booklist: Smith concocts a frothy, funny, action-packed adventure-espionage novel that should leave readers weak with laughter and full of admiration for the twists and turns of plot involving the plucky Miss Melville. Miss Melville, now a successful artist, has the role of amateur sleuth thrust on her when a world-renowned artist is laid low during a knock 'em dead speech that, in fact, turns out to be just that.