Mystery House

Cover art for the novel

• Author:Kathleen Norris
• Publisher:Warner Paperback Library
• Year:1940
• Setting: A large rambling mansion where construction is never finished in California by the sea

Another cover for a later edition

Cover Tagline

Others at Mystery House had died for the Ked Anna diamond. Would Page be the next victim?

Book Description

In the palm of his hand lay the diamond -- enormous, priceless, deadly. Page Hazeltyne came to Mystery House as the companion to eccentric Mrs. Prendergast, she was enmeshed in a baffling intigue. The precious Ked Anna diamond had disappeared. Page discovered who had the diamond, but she dared not tell. Among the strange, greed-ridden residents of Mystery House, there were those who would murder to possess the gem. Page had to sort out the friends from the enemies - for one of the guests in that fearsome place was the man she loved!

Reviews

• Review at Gloomy Sunday Blog