The Album (An American Mystery Classic)
American Mystery Classics
ISBN13:
9781613163627
$15.95
In this twisty whodunnit from "the grand dame of American crime fiction" (CrimeReads), the murder of a wealthy widow brings the secrets of her aristocratic neighbors to light Even in the early 1930s, Crescent Place is a neighborhood out of the past. The five Victorian mansions and the remote patch of pasture placed between them have the air of the 1890s, even as the cityonce miles away from this idyllic retreatencroaches and surrounds the enclave. But while these rarified residences may appear calm on the outside, their isolated interiors contain dark secrets, prolonged feuds, and generations of high-toned trouble. In these houses are a husband and wife who fight constantly, and another couple who hasnt spoken to each other in two decades. There is a widow in permanent mourning and a daughter whom the newspapers call psychotic. And there is a bedridden old woman who is about to be killed with an ax. When her murder shatters the well-mannered quiet of the cul-de-sac, the tabloids delight in trumpeting Crescent Places peculiarities. But as the search for the killer intensifies, it becomes clear that the areas strangest secrets have yet to be revealed. A suspenseful mystery enriched by sly social satire and set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, The Album is a memorable whodunnit from one of the most beloved and best selling authors of the Golden Age era.
- | Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- | Publisher: American Mystery Classics
- | Publication Date: Dec 06, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 336 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1613163622
- | ISBN-13: 9781613163627
- Author:
- Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Publisher:
- American Mystery Classics
- Publication Date:
- Dec 06, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 336 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1613163622
- ISBN-13:
- 9781613163627