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The Alarm of the Black Cat (American Mystery Classics) by Dolores Hitchens
The Alarm of the Black Cat (American Mystery Classics) by Dolores Hitchens
A strange encounter with a little girl named Claudia and a dead toad sparks elderly detective fiction fan Rachel Murdock's obsessive curiosity, and she winds up renting the house next door just to see how things play out. But soon after she and her cat Samantha move in, Rachel realizes they've landed in the middle of a deadly love triangle that's created animosity among the three families surrounding her.
When Rachel finds Claudia's great-grandmother dead in her basement, she reaches out to a friend in the LAPD to solve the crime. They soon learn the three households have been torn apart by one husband's infidelity and a complicated will that could lead to a fortune. In a house plagued by forbidden love, regret, and greed, Rachel will have to trust her intuition and Samantha's instincts to survive -- and keep Claudia out of the hands of a killer whose work has just begun.
Charming characters, light humor, and an intriguing puzzle plot make this memorial installment in the Rachel Murdock series a worthy rediscovery.
Dolores Hitchens (1907 - 1973) was a prolific mystery author who wrote under several pen names and is recognized today as a pioneer of what would come to be known as domestic suspense.
PENZLER PUBLICATIONS, SOFTCOVER, 1942, 2023
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