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Murder comes first

Richard Lockridge

1951192 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1951
first published
  • 1951Lippincott · 192 pages · ENG
  • 1976Rivercity Press · 192 pages · ENGISBN 9780891909026
  • 1986Thorndike Press · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9780896216693
  • 2016MysteriousPress.com · ENGISBN 9781504031356
  • 2000HarperCollins Publishers · ENGISBN 9780060925215
  • 1982Pocket · ENGISBN 9780671443351

Murder Comes First, putting an unexpected kink in the vacation plans of Pamela North's three maiden aunts, Thelma, Lucinda, and Pennina Whitsett. Paying a call on their childhood friend, Grace Logan, the sisters find her distraught and preoccupied. When Grace's first sip of tea causes her to fall dead upon the Oriental carpet, Lucinda sniffs the telltale odor of peach pits, and realizes that someone has poisoned dear Grace. Luckily for the aunts, amateur sleuths Mr. and Mrs. North are at the ready, helping the police sift through family squabbles to find the motive and murderer, in their zany, sophisticated way.

How it reads

Character focusTwo hander

Worth knowing

Romance levelCentral

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ThemesLove
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