Murder in a Boarding House: The Black Shrouds by Conyth Little (1941)

Diana Prescott, leaves her comfortable home and millionaire father, as she wants to become an actress while all he wants is for her to settle into quite domesticity. Coming to New York, she rents a room at Mrs. Lulu Markham's boarding house and becomes friends with Barbara, Mrs. Markham's daughter and an aspiring actress too. …