Bonett, John and Emery - A Banner for Pegasus (1951) aka Not In The Script

Amusing but very light. A film crew goes to a small village to make a film about a local miracle (St Petronella, a shepherdess who bathed in the reservoir and purified it, but was seen by a disreputable yokel, who was blinded by the villagers for his temerity) clearly based on Lady Godiva. Seen largely from POV of girl reporter, in love with the art director, Paul, whom she suspects of killing the director, who we are repeatedly told is unsympathetic but never comes across as anything more than comic relief. Because the book concentrates on proving Paul's innocence rather than investigating other possibilities, the detection is very slight, which is a waste of the situation. The murderer is guessable, because they're the only person with a conceivable motive for destroying the director and his film. 3/5.

Nick Fuller.