Widow's Mite / Who's Afraid? (Stark House Mystery Classics) - Softcover

Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1944520341 ISBN 13: 9781944520342

Publisher: Stark House Press, 2017

Synopsis

WIDOW’S MITE Tilly feels like a poor relation. She and her young son certainly wouldn’t be living with her cousin Sybil unless they had to. But tonight, as usual, Sybil has had too much to drink, and needs to lie down for a bit before her dinner guests arrive. It falls to Tilly to accompany her upstairs, and naturally Sybil asks for one of her pills. There is only one left, but Tilly dutifully fetches it. After that, Sybil seems to fall asleep almost immediately. How is Tilly to know that the pill contains cyanide? Naturally, the police are suspicious. But how can she confess that she was one who gave it to Sybil when there is no else to protect her son? WHO’S AFRAID? It all seemed like an exciting new adventure to Susie Alban, selling Gateway’s culture program for Mr. Chiswick. But her first appointment goes sour when the husband of her first contact, hearing the name Chiswick, becomes verbally abusive and slams the door in her face. Later that evening, she comes across the body of the husband on the path to her lodging. The police think that Susie is involved. But this is only the beginning of her problems. Because someone starts shadowing her. Could it be the doctor who befriended her on the train? Or the young student? Or the darkly handsome Mr. Loder? Or even the owner of the lodging house? For whatever reason, one of them wants Susie dead.

About this title

About the Author

Born in Brooklyn on June 18, 1889, Elisabeth Sanxay knew she wanted to be a writer by the time she was six. At sixteen she completed her first story. She published the first of several contemporary novels in 1920 but turned to mysteries when the Depression changed the market. Self-taught as a writer, she developed her style by translating English into other languages, then translating other languages into English. Holding published 25 novels in her lifetime—18 of them mysteries—and a wide variety of short stories. She married British diplomat George E. Holding in 1913 and together with their two daughters they traveled widely in South America and the Caribbean before settling in Bermuda for a number of years. Holding died at age 65 in the Bronx section of New York City on February 7, 1955.

Review

Another gem from the pen of a mistress of mystery... pick this one and you can t go wrong... comes to a terrifying climax. --Montgomery Advertiser

The author has succeeded admirably in depicting the mounting horror and suspense of the situation... does not follow the usual pattern of the detective story, but holds the reader s attention in a way that few books in that category are able to equal. --New York Times

One of the cleverest productions of the season. --Baltimore Evening Sun

Edition details

• Publisher: Stark House Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1944520341
• ISBN 13: 9781944520342
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 264