housekeeper mrs jeffries must use all her extraordinary sleuthing skills when she is forced to take over an investigation when her employer scotland yard inspector witherspoon becomes a prime suspect in the murder of peter hornsley welcome to the world baby girl is the funny serious and compelling new novel by fannie flagg author of the beloved fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe and prizewinning cowriter of the classic movieonce again flaggs humor and respect and affection for her characters shine forth many inhabit smalltown or suburban america but this time her heroine is urban a brainy beautiful and ambitious rising star of 1970s television dena nordstrom pride of the network is a woman whose future is full of promise her present rich with complications and her past marked by mystery