SUMMARY: Now repackaged with new cover art, this classic features a new Afterword by Koontz. Mystery writer Marty Stillwater's idyllic life is shattered when a stranger breaks into his house claiming to be the real Martin Stillwater and begins a terrifying campaign to eliminate Marty. Reissue. F
Murder comes first: a Mr. and Mrs. North mystery
β Scribed by Frances Lockridge
- Publisher
- MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 484 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
When an old widow is murdered, Mr. and Mrs. North work to prove a trio of aunts innocent of the crime
Jerry and Pamela North have tangled with countless murderers, blackmailers, and thieves, but nothing could prepare them for a weekend with Pamela's aunts. Thelma, Lucinda, and Pennina sweep into town like hurricanes, and take no notice of the destruction they cause. No amount of martinis can soothe Pamela and Jerry's rattled nerves, and when the martinis stop working, the Norths are in trouble.
The aunts are in town to see their old friend Grace Logan, a widow whose temperament is as cold as iced gin. But while sipping tea, Grace does something terribly out of character. She seizes up, gasps for air, and dies. When the trio of aunts is implicated in her poisoning, it falls to the Norths to clear their namesβand get them out of Manhattan forever.
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