How to Murder a Millionaire (ISBN 0-451-20724-6) is a novel by Nancy Martin, first published in 2002. It is the first book in the Blackbird Sisters Mystery series. In this novel we meet Nora Blackbird and her sisters. According to local legend, the Blackbird women marry rogues who die young. In keeping with this tradition, Nora's husband was killed about a year before this story begins. Nora's parents have left the country to avoid some "tax problems". So, Nora's experiencing some money troubles and has to take her first job.