From the Back Cover
She's alluring, conniving-and she'll do anything to claw her way out of poverty and into the corridors of wealth and power. This fast-paced, colourful adventure is based on the true story of a woman who ruthlessly used her beauty and cunning to achieve the good life. It's 1901 and Betsy Bigley's hopes for entering high society have come crashing down around her. She faces criminal charges and to make matters worse, she realizes at the last minute that she's been double-crossed. As she's rolled away in the police wagon, Betsy vows revenge. What follows is a rollicking caper in the tradition of
Moll Flanders or
Tom Jones, involving a phony gold mine, a vulnerable showgirl and a lovesick private eye who simply can't resist Betsy's charms.