Overview

Henry Gamadge, that Gentleman Sleuth extraordinaire, mostly sleuths in New York City, but this time he's sleuthing it up in Maine! With talk of war all over the radio waves, Henry Gamadge is back in Maine, this time by invitation of Detective Mitchell, whom he so aptly helped in Unexpected Night. Mitchell has a real puzzler on his hands: three different children have been poisoned with deadly nightshade, and there is no motive that could possibly link all three poisonings, beside the fact that the children all live in the same small community. Could the Gypsies, whose encampment is nearby, be involved? And was the death of a state trooper at about the same time a mere coincidence? Gamadge and Mitchell will eventually answer all these questions, while Elizabeth Daly paints a picture of a small community at the end of summer and right before a world war.

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""A skillful and entertaining poison problem"" --Western Daily Press ""A top-notch whodunit"" --Capital Times ""An excellent, well-written mystery...holds the reader's interest right to the end"" --The Republican ""An exciting novel and an excellent mystery"" --San Jose News ""Miss Daly was a runner-up in a previous mystery novel contest, and she has rung the bell again....This is an interesting and picturesque story of crime, with a startling, unexpected dénouement."" --Knoxville News-Sentinel ""There is no pleasanter companion in contemporary literature than Elizabeth Daly's bibliophile-detective Henry Gamadge"" --Chicago Tribune ""Very original...and the characters are well handled"" --Springfield News-Sun

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Elizabeth Daly (1878-1967) published her first mystery novel at the age of sixty-two, and then went on to write fifteen more--a charming series set in 1940s New York, in a style reminiscent of the British Golden Age. They feature a gentleman sleuth who is a rare books expert and handwriting specialist, and who solves crimes in his free time. Agatha Christie was a fan, and was noted to have declared Daly her favorite American author. Daly's novels are satisfying classic mysteries that also serve as astute depictions of a New York society that was on the point of vanishing. She received an Edgar award in 1961 for her body of work.

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