Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
Format: PB
Pages: 350
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Publisher: Kensington, 1996
ISBN-13: 978-1575661193
Series: Stand Alone
Favorite Quote: "More beautiful women than you have sobbed on it," he said. "But to hell with them. You're my girl now. Or are you?"
Synopsis (PBS): A corpse -- somewhat charred around the edges -- has been discovered in the linen closet of the Spencers' fabulous Maine retreat. No one has a clue as to who she is or how she got there. Certainly not Carol Spencer, who has just arrived to open up her isolated family house for the summer. — Unfortunately, Carol seems to be the prime suspect, judging from the questions the police are asking. She has one advantage over the police: she knows she didn't do it. But now the servants have disappeared, all the telephones have been removed, and, as night rapidly falls, a dangerous killer is closer than she thinks....
Review: This book was very old-fashioned. It takes place during WWII so I expect the author was trying to make things as they would be in that time. I got a little tired of the women being told to sit down and stop being hysterical though.
It was a good enough mystery though. I thought I knew who done it and I was wrong, so that was a surprise. This was really just okay, but it was a really fast read.
Rating: 4.5 / 10
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