β Scribed by Lockridge, Francis; Lockridge, Richard
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Tonight, Jerry North faces something so terrifying that no amount of martinis could quiet his nerves: He has to make a speech. Heβs introducing one of his authors, Victor Leeds Sproul, a continental novelist whose delicate tales of Parisian life have been selling like hotcakes ever since the Nazis goose-stepped into the City of Light. Crippled by stage fright, Mr. North enters the banquet hall feeling like a condemned man, but he isnβt the one who will die.
Despite his terror, North delivers the speech of his life. But when he introduces the guest of honor, the distinguished author doesnβt stand. Sproulβs eyes jerk open, his chest heaves, and he breathes his last. He has been murdered in plain sight, but it will take the combined genius of Jerry and Pamela North to find out who killed the writer, and committed the unforgiveable crime of ruining a perfect speech.
Death Takes a Bow is the 6th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
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Review
βA genuinely puzzling mystery flavored with the delightful wackiness that has made the Norths famous.β βThe New York Times
Praise for the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries
βClass A.β βThe Saturday Review of Literature on Murder Out of Turn
βOne of the funniest and most satisfactory mysteries in this excellent series.β βThe New Yorker on Payoff for the Banker
About the Author
Frances and Richard Lockridge were some of the most popular names in mystery during the forties and fifties. Having written numerous novels and stories, the husband-and-wife team was most famous for their Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries. What started in 1936 as a series of stories written for the New Yorker turned into twenty-six novels, including adaptions for Broadway, film, television, and radio. The Lockridges continued writing together until Francesβs death in 1963, after which Richard discontinued the Mr. and Mrs. North series and wrote other works until his own death in 1982.
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