The Purple Onion Mystery

When a drunken challenge leads Spike Tracy to hijack the taxi of a young couple, not to mention spending the night on a sofa belonging to the couple's neighbour, he little imagines that the four of them will ever meet again - let alone as part of a murder investigation. But when Inspector Herschman calls on Spike for assistance in discovering the murder of Lina Lee, secretary at the Penton Press, that is exactly what happens. But which of the many tangled love affairs uncovered by Spike in the course of his investigation, will provide the key to the murder? And what is the significance of the purple onion discovered so incongruously in the dead woman's bedroom?

Originally published in 1941, this is the last in Harriette Ashbrook's series of murder mysteries featuring Spike Tracy.


Genre: Cozy Mystery