Elisabeth Sanxay Holding was an American novelist and short story writer who primarily wrote detective novels in the hardboiled school of detective fiction. Raymond Chandler called her "the top suspense writer of them all."
Maggie could see no reason for leaving the comfortable town house in the middle of night, and travelling over bumpy roads until morning.
Romantic Miss Dolly presumably knew what she was doing.
But when they reached their destination, Maggie was more certain than ever that the whole thing was a mistake.
A ramshackle dirty cottage by a lake with only two young men in it, of whom Maggie instantly disapproved.
No one else around - until the lawyer appeared. But then, he was only there so short a time. . . .
In "Kill Joy," also published as "Murder is a Kill-Joy," Elisabeth Holding demonstrates more than ever her talent for creating endearing heroines, who manage to involve themselves in sinister situations.
Genre: Mystery
Maggie could see no reason for leaving the comfortable town house in the middle of night, and travelling over bumpy roads until morning.
Romantic Miss Dolly presumably knew what she was doing.
But when they reached their destination, Maggie was more certain than ever that the whole thing was a mistake.
A ramshackle dirty cottage by a lake with only two young men in it, of whom Maggie instantly disapproved.
No one else around - until the lawyer appeared. But then, he was only there so short a time. . . .
In "Kill Joy," also published as "Murder is a Kill-Joy," Elisabeth Holding demonstrates more than ever her talent for creating endearing heroines, who manage to involve themselves in sinister situations.
Genre: Mystery
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