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When a temporary job for Ellis Kenilworth leads to her playing a major role in his will, Maggie Hill enlists the aid of private eye Clair Conrad to uncover the story behind this strange event
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Romy Nordlinger is a New York City-based actress whose TV credits include roles on Law & Order and One Life to Live. As an audiobook narrator, she has lent her talents to nearly a hundred titles ranging in genres from romance and self-help to sci-fi and mystery. Romy is also a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women.
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This gem of a mystery introduces the improbable sleuthing duo of Maggie Hill and Claire Conrad, reminiscent of Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin. Thanks to Howe's stylish writing in the hard-boiled tradition, it is both gripping and entertaining, with wonderfully vivid characters and a deft plot abounding with twists and turns. Acting as secretary to wealthy Ellis Kenilworth, 35-year-old, divorced ex-writer Maggie Hill witnesses the drafting of a codicil to Ellis's will bequeathing his rare coin collection to someone outside the family, Claire Conrad. Ellis asks Maggie to keep the sole copy of the codicil while he lunches; he then kills himself, leaving Maggie, with the codicil in her purse, to discover the body and a suicide note. Later, when both note and codicil disappear, Maggie visits Claire Conrad and learns that the elegant eccentric, who dresses alternately in black or white and sports a walking stick, is a renowned detective. Together, the women, aided by Claire's debonair butler/bodyguard, Boulton, penetrate the miasma enveloping the Kenilworth clan, where they encounter duplicity, heinous secrets and murder. In a class by themselves, Maggie and Claire promise a smashing series. Literary Guild alternate.
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- PublisherViking
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0670826022
- ISBN 13 9780670826025
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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