The Case Of The Ebony Queen
| By Cleo Adkins | |
| Publisher | Harlequin Romance #479 |
| Release Month | 1959 (US) |
| Harlequin Romance Series # | |
| Preceded by | Dear Trustee |
| Followed by | Grey Cup Cavalcade |
- Author: Cleo Adkins
- Publisher: Harlequin Romance #479
- Year: 1959
Book Description
Derrick Patterson was a private investigator, not a bodyguard, and therefore he didn't relish the idea of playing nursemaid to J.B. Elliot's daughter, a green-eyed brunette with the appropriate nickname of "Minx". On the other hand, the thousand-dollar fee would go a long way toward buying the ski-lodge he'd dreamed of, and a week-end at Gray Cliffs visiting Minx's friend Jenny Lambert didn't threaten to be particulary arduous.
That was only because Derrick did not know the Lambert's: iron-willed "Lady" Lambert; her adopted son Shelby, Jenny's husband; her real son Percy, who fancied himself a Shakespearian actor; and because he had not yet met the entourage which surrounded them, including the lovely actress Floya Brighton.
Floya's murder was merely the beginning of violence. And the question of who had killed her could not be determined before Derrick had answered some other questions: Who had lost a ruby earring? And who had pierced the ebony chess Queen?
