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And Dangerous to Know (Henry Gamadge Mystery)

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Until recently I had never heard of author Elizabeth Daly and
the many books she wrote starring, Henry Gamadge, detective.
Gamadge has no office but when the police are stymied in a murder
case, they often go to Henry. He has his own ideal little life
with his manservant and to keep busy will dabble into any murder
that piques his interest. In this one, the wealthy Dunbar family
lives on the upper east side of NYC. Alice their adult daughter
recovering from a cancelled engagement makes up and prints
greeting cards for a living. Her great aunt has died, falling
down steps from a stroke (supposedly) and Alice had ex pected
to receive a million dollars as her inheritance then discovered
after aunt's death, she was left nothing; all of aunt's money
going to charitable institutions. After dinner one evening with
her father, mother and sister, she puts on her hat and coat and
goes to fashion store and gets rather flashy clothes, opposite
of what she would normally wear including gaudy makeup.
the next thing we know is that Alice has disappeared; no one
knows where she is. This is where our Henry comes in and
manages to solve the case. Author Elizabeth Daly was born in
NYC in 1878, daughter of a judge (as was Anna Katherine Green,
another superb mystery writer born about same time). Elizabeth
was dubbed "the American Peter Wimsey". An interesting note is
that her neice is author, Eleanor Boylan who writes the Clara
Gamadge mysteries (when Henry dies, wife, Clara steps in as
Henry did to help solve mysteries) . Eleanor must have inherited
her writing talent from her famous aunt as her books are also
very good.