yn ▁Whit man ▁Ch amb ers . ▁Cla ire ▁is ▁a ▁society ▁rep orter ▁and ▁serial ▁k iller ▁who ▁is ▁willing ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁extrem es ▁if ▁it ▁means ▁publishing ▁a ▁story . ▁She ▁man ages ▁to ▁keep ▁herself ▁in ▁the ▁head lines ▁by ▁marry ing ▁and ▁sed uc ing ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁wealth y ▁men . ▁However , ▁all ▁of ▁these ▁men ▁die ▁under ▁certain ▁myster ious ▁circumstances . ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁protect ▁her ▁reputation , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁def lect ▁susp icion ▁from ▁herself , ▁Cla ire ▁frames ▁her ▁former ▁boy friend , ▁the ▁sport sw riter ▁Les ▁Burn s . ▁ ▁Plot ▁Cla ire ▁C umm ings , ▁a ▁society ▁column ist ▁for ▁a ▁San ▁Francisco ▁paper , ▁is ▁about ▁to ▁marry ▁Carl ▁H enn eman ▁in ▁his ▁op ul ent ▁m ansion . ▁A ▁small ▁group ▁of ▁men ▁- ▁all ▁Cla ire ' s ▁old ▁co - work ers ▁from ▁the ▁newspaper ▁- ▁comment ▁about ▁Cla ire ▁being ▁late ▁to ▁her ▁own ▁wed ding . ▁At ▁least ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁men ▁att ending ▁- ▁Les ▁Burn s ▁and ▁Al ▁Her rick ▁- ▁are ▁ex - lo vers ▁of ▁Cla ire ' s . ▁Cla ire ▁appears ▁at ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁st airs ▁as ▁the ▁wed ding ▁march ▁begins , ▁making ▁her ▁way ▁down ▁the ▁st airs ▁and ▁into ▁the ▁ceremony . ▁As ▁the ▁ceremony ▁takes ▁place , ▁Les ▁leaves ▁to ▁go ▁stand ▁on ▁the ▁ver anda , ▁and ▁Cla ire ▁watch es ▁him , ▁instead ▁of ▁foc using