Death Be Not Proud: A Fairy Tale Retold

Moonshine liquor jazz-fuelled dancing and the risk of a police raid - these are all in a nights work for cabaret singer Ruby Black. But when a rugby star mistakes her for a dead girl Rubys life threatens to become briefer and more exciting than she bargained for. Two years ago schoolgirl Wu Xue Bai was brutally murdered. Now Ruby herself is in danger. Who killed Xue Bai? What lies behind Max Morans obsession with the dead girl? And will Ruby learn the truth before secrets from her own past catch up with her? A fairytale retelling set in Jazz Age New Zealand inspired by the thrillers of Mary Stewart and Alfred Hitchcock.