The Uninvited Corpse - Hardcover

Underwood, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0312000235 ISBN 13: 9780312000233

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1987

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Rich old gentleman Vernon Gray, has succeeded in involving young solictor Rosa Epton in his legal affairs. She is instructed to make him a will and has become an unwilling agent in finding him anew housekeeper. But not long after he has made his will Vernon vanishes, along with his current housekeeper, leaving behind puzzles and clues which will baffle the police - and Rosa too.

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When lawyer Rosa Epton appears on the TV program Legal Aid, Vernon Gray, a wealthy old eccentric, decides to hire her to oversee the drafting of his will. But when Gray disappears with a housekeeper that Rosa herself helped him select, and when the police discover an unidentified corpse in his apartment, Rosa finds herself embroiled in both the search for Gray and for the identity of the uninvited corpse. Underwood (Death at Deepwood Grange, Hand of Fate is not at his best here, producing a plot that is little more than a mass of coincidence and contrivance. A series of "what-if" situations are used to build a thoroughly circumstantial case, and all wild guesses are found to be facts when the killer conveniently confesses at book's end. Although the one courtroom scene in the book demonstrates once again Underwood's strengths, readers will find this a plodding and repetitive mystery devoid of convincing characterization.
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