Murder Noon and Night

A mystery which has, according to the flap, the bubbling sparkle of a champagne cocktail, but don't be misled by its effervescence - it packs a wallop as deadly as a dose of cyanide. Kelley Roos is the pen name of husband and wife mystery writers William and Audrey Kelley Roos, who had several novels adapted for the big and little screen. "A Night to Remember" is a 1943 mystery comedy film starring Loretta Young and Brian Aherne, based on the novel "The Frightened Stiff," one of a series of novels featuring amateur sleuths Jeff and Haila Troy. "Dangerous Blondes" (1943) is another mystery comedy, based on the Troy story "If the Shroud Fits," starring Allyn Joslyn and Evelyn Keyes. Another Troy story, "There Was a Crooked Man," was adapted for a 1950 episode of Studio One. "Come Dance with Me!" (French: Voulez-vous danser avec moi?) is a 1959 French-Italian drama film directed by Michel Boisrond and starring Brigitte Bardot, based on the novel "The Blonde Died Dancing." "Scent of Mystery" is a 1960 mystery film that featured the one and only use of Smell-O-Vision, a system that timed odors to points in the film's plot, produced by Mike Todd, Jr. from a screenplay adapted from the 1947 novel "Ghost of a Chance." Kelley Roos won the 1961 Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series for an adaptation of "The Burning Court" by John Dickson Carr, aired as one of 7 episodes of the Dow Hour of Great Mysteries. The 1968 novel "To Save His Life" was turned into the 1971 made-for-TV movie "Dead Men Tell No Tales" starring Christopher George, Judy Carne and Patricia Barry.