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==Book Description==
 
==Book Description==
  
An aggravating old woman whose wealth is the dominant factor in her family relationships is convinced that someone is trying to kill her, and prevails upon the detective grandson of an old friend to investigate.
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Old Abigail Winship dominated her family by the power of her wealth. All of them were dependent on her whims for their actual living expences, and each of them would inherit a million dollars at her death! So, Lieutenant Price, of the San Francisco Homicide Squad, was not at all surprised when Abigail wrote him that some member of her family was trying to murder her. The wonder, to Lieutenant Price, was that all of them were not trying, for Abigail was an exasperating old lady, who loved making new wills and disinheriting her relatives, just to see them squirm...Lieutenant Price and his irrepressible wife, Nikky, newspaper reporter, were on vacation when old Abigail's letter reached them, but, remembering that his grandmother had been Abigail's friend, Lieutenant Price could not find it in his heart to refuse the summons.
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This is a gay and rapidly-paced story, introducing a detective who uses legerdemain to help solve his crimes - and spends the rest of his time trying to keep his delightful and unpredictable wife from getting herself bumped off.
  
 
==Cover Variation (By Release Date)==
 
==Cover Variation (By Release Date)==

Latest revision as of 08:42, 20 January 2013

1950 US Edition
By Knight Rhoades
Publisher Harlequin Romance #85
Release Month 1950 (US)
Harlequin Romance Series #
Preceded by The Triple Cross
Followed by Double Life

Book Description

Old Abigail Winship dominated her family by the power of her wealth. All of them were dependent on her whims for their actual living expences, and each of them would inherit a million dollars at her death! So, Lieutenant Price, of the San Francisco Homicide Squad, was not at all surprised when Abigail wrote him that some member of her family was trying to murder her. The wonder, to Lieutenant Price, was that all of them were not trying, for Abigail was an exasperating old lady, who loved making new wills and disinheriting her relatives, just to see them squirm...Lieutenant Price and his irrepressible wife, Nikky, newspaper reporter, were on vacation when old Abigail's letter reached them, but, remembering that his grandmother had been Abigail's friend, Lieutenant Price could not find it in his heart to refuse the summons.

This is a gay and rapidly-paced story, introducing a detective who uses legerdemain to help solve his crimes - and spends the rest of his time trying to keep his delightful and unpredictable wife from getting herself bumped off.

Cover Variation (By Release Date)

1950 <br\>US Edition