My Name Is Julia Ross

Julia Ross is a young woman alone in the world and in search of a job. She is hired by elderly Mrs. Hughes to act as her live-in personal secretary. One of Mrs. Hughes' stipulations is that whomever she hires treat this job as one of a long-term nature, meaning no current boyfriends or marriage on the horizon. The closest person to Julia was Dennis Bruce, who lived at the same boarding-house and was somewhat sweet on her but left her for another woman, so she is grateful for her new job. When she awakens after her first night in the Hughes home, she learns she has been asleep for two days. She is no longer in the urban London home she knows as Mrs. Hughes' home, but in a sprawling, isolated seaside estate in Cornwall. All evidence of her being Julia Ross has disappeared, and everyone in the house, including Mrs. Hughes, her son Ralph, and all the household servants, try to convince her that she is Marion Hughes, Ralph's wife, who is recovering from a nervous breakdown. Julia is certain of who she is, and suspects that the Hugheses will kill her--but why? Julia is alone with no one to support her claim and help her; the Hugheses have made her seem crazy to whomever she has spoken. However, initially unknown to the Hugheses, Dennis Bruce, who ended up not getting married, returned to the boarding-house just before Julia's departure and made a date with her. Since she didn't keep the date, he goes looking for her.