In the sticky summer of 1943, and with her husband out of town on war work, a secluded cottage in the Berkshires sounds just the ticket to the newly married Clara Gamadge. The resident ghost, a slender woman in a sunbonnet, merely adds to the local color, even with the news that the bonneted woman died just one year ago, in the cottage that Clara is now renting. It's all nothing more than a deliciously spooky game, until the woman's sister is strangled while Clara dozes in a chair by her bed. The only clue: Clara's panicked memory of a woman in a sunbonnet standing at the door. Happily, Henry Gamadge - that supremely civilized gentleman-sleuth - arrives in time to calm his wife and solve the mystery (though not without some stellar help from Clara!).
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This review is from: Evidence of Things Seen (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries) (Paperback)
I'm delighted to see that Elizabeth Daly's novels are coming back into print. Henry Gamadge, her series detective, is a bibliophile and an expert on antique books and forgeries. In "Evidence of Things Seen," his wife, Clara, and their housekeeper find themselves frightened by the appearance of a woman near their summer cottage, her face shrouded by a sunbonnet, who only appears near sunset. It is hinted that this may be the ghost of a woman, possibly murdered by her sister. Soon, there is a murder, and it is up to Gamadge to discover the criminal - and bring the crime back into the realm of reality, rather than being the handiwork of a ghost. It's one of Daly's best, and it's a good introduction to Gamadge.
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One of Elizabeth Daly's Best Books,
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Elizabeth Daly is an excellent writer, and this is one of her best books. I am grateful to Felony and Mayhem for publishing it -- and for publishing other books by this author of the Golden Age!
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I was really looking forward to reading this book. It was a disappointing read, too slow, although the story was okay. I don't think I'll be looking for any other books by this author too soon.
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