About this title: When Herbert Wynne is found dead, with a bullet in the forehead, the obvious explanation is murder. But how could it be when the only possible suspect is Herbert's frail Aunt Juliet? Posing as Juliet's private duty nurse, the Homicide Bureau's Hilda Adams develops grave suspicions. Why is the maid terrified of every dark corner? And if a mad killer is on the loose, who will be targeted as the next victim?
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Zebra
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780821718476ISBN:0821718479
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has very minor wear, spine is creased, 1st two pages are torn, pages are clean and unmarked. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Perfect Bound Paper
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good + to Very Good-- No Jacket as Issued. Mass Market Paperback. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Light to moderate wear. Corner crease front wrap. One interior page has corner crease-(why won't they use book marks, eh? ) Binding tight, pages clean though old store price penciled on FEP. (Store Display-Mys/Det) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rinehart & Company
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. ---No Jacket. Good 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall 382 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The boards have only light signs of use. -Publish Place: New York-Size: read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company, Inc. 19
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good. -1st Printing--224 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The paperback cover has light signs of use. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: Large Print
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Kensington Pub. Corp
Date Published: 1960
ISBN-13:9780739406397ISBN:0739406396
Description: Good in Good jacket. Lean to spine, pgs clean & tight, scuff to cover, Hardback, Large PrintShipped in bubble mailer unless it is a real expensive item. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rinehart
Date Published: 1959
Description: Fair. Hardcover. Moderate wear. Pages lightly tanned, underlined. Binding is shifty. Front cover seems to be coming loose. No dust jacket. read more
"Murder mystery from the point of view of a live-in nurse, written and apparently taking place in 1932. This nurse works for the police, when they want an informant to report on a certain household. In this case, she is ostensibly nursing an old lady, after her ne'er-do-well nephew is killed--or is it suicide? By the end of the book two other people from the house are dead, and fourth murder attempt is thwarted, and there are also a couple of love matches in the works, The murderer turns out to be somebody you would never suspect because it's not that interesting and you don't care. But the writing is cute. I love MRR.
It seems this was made into a movie with Joan Blondell as Miss Adams ("Miss Pinkerton" is the Inspector's pet name for her) which I would love to get my hands on."
"What's not to like about Miss Pinkerton? She is the precursor to Christie's Miss Marple, and like the divine Miss M., she packs a powerful punch to lawbreakers. Great fun."
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