Previous reviewers missed the point of the title. Of course the actress is pretty! "Ugly duckling" refers to the concept of someone pretty THINKING they're ugly. She was pretty all along. She has a twisted self-image she received from her deceased father. He put a ridiculous provision in his will: if she doesn't marry by 21, she loses her inheritance of a toy company. Her executor, her uncle, keeps trying to get her to marry someone, because if she loses the company, he loses his job. He winds up dead, she goes on trial. Being Perry's client, you know she's innocent. As usual, plenty of other suspects. The doll designer, the uncle's secretary, the rival toy company head, the artist.
Review of The Case of the Ugly Duckling
