Book Overview
The arsenic in her sugar bowl was wealthy widow Eliza Fairbanks' first clue that somebody wanted her dead. The nightly plagues of bats, birds, and rats unleashed in her bedroom were the second indication, an obvious attempt to scare the life out of the delicate dowager. So instead of calling the exterminator, Eliza calls the cops, who send Hilda Adams -- "Miss Pinkerton" to the folks at the bureau -- to go undercover and investigate. Hilda...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1613161603
ISBN13:9781613161609
Release Date:April 2020
Publisher:American Mystery Classics
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Disjointed but entertaining
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
All in all I enjoyed the book. I was suprised that so late in the book the crimes happened. The detecting part of the story seemed more disjointed than the set up of the crimes. For a book published originally in 1942, I found the characters and plot rather modern. There are of course some pieces that show the book's age but I don't want to ramble on and risk giving away spoilers.
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