The Family Vault (Sarah Kelling and Mix Bittersohn Series, Book #1) by Charlotte MacLeod
The Family Vault (Sarah Kelling and Mix Bittersohn Series, Book #1) by Charlotte MacLeod
Like many old New England families, the Kellings live to die. Although their family vault is spacious and comfortable, it will not do for Sarah Kelling's Great-Uncle Frederick. In his will, he demands to be buried inside the ancient family tomb at Boston Common, which hasn't admitted a new member in over a century. But when the Kellings crack the old vault's door, they find a recently built brick wall -- and behind it lies a surprisingly fresh corpse, a skeleton with rubies in its teeth.
Her name was Ruby Redd, and she was the toast of Boston's burlesque scene many years ago. Her murder case is ice cold, but when Sarah begins investigating it, she finds that the fiery passions behind Ruby's death still burn white hot. With the help of art-fraud investigator Max Bittersohn, Sarah will solve the mystery of the stripper's murder -- or take her own place in the family vault.
Open Road / Mysterious Press, Softcover, 1979
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