Death and Letters
Published on 12. November 2020
188 pages
978-1-63194-073-6 (ISBN)
Description
A crossword puzzle leads a 1950s antiquarian book dealer to a puzzling family in this mystery by Agatha Christie's favorite author.
Amateur detective Henry Gamadge is summoned to a secluded estate by way of a crossword puzzle, the only means of communication for a widow being held captive by her relatives. They claim she's lost her mind; she thinks they have shut her away to keep her from spilling on her late husband's suspicious suicide. Gamadge knows that a woman who can convey her situation in the space of a crossword is most definitely in possession of her mental faculties. But can he sort out the secrets of a clan so hell-bent on avoiding a scandal?
"Henry Gamadge is one of the more captivating sleuths in detective fiction." - New York Herald Tribune
Amateur detective Henry Gamadge is summoned to a secluded estate by way of a crossword puzzle, the only means of communication for a widow being held captive by her relatives. They claim she's lost her mind; she thinks they have shut her away to keep her from spilling on her late husband's suspicious suicide. Gamadge knows that a woman who can convey her situation in the space of a crossword is most definitely in possession of her mental faculties. But can he sort out the secrets of a clan so hell-bent on avoiding a scandal?
"Henry Gamadge is one of the more captivating sleuths in detective fiction." - New York Herald Tribune
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Elizabeth Daly was a New York writer of gentleman-sleuth mysteries in the classic British style, featuring amateur detective Henry Gamadge. She wrote 16 novels between 1940 and 1950, and received an Edgar Award for her body of work.
Content
- Intro
- CHAPTER ONE Crossword
- CHAPTER TWO Urgent
- CHAPTER THREE Letter Answered
- CHAPTER FOUR Keep It Simple
- CHAPTER FIVE Why?
- CHAPTER SIX Peculiar Shade of Blue
- CHAPTER SEVEN Inside Stuff
- CHAPTER EIGHT Miracle
- CHAPTER NINE Frustrated
- CHAPTER TEN Serene
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Wrong Side of the Tracks
- CHAPTER TWELVE Report
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Person to Person
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN No Deal
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Ten Thousand
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN Warning
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Pathology
