Wolf in Man's Clothing [Paperback]

Mignon G. Eberhart (Author), Carl D. Brandt (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 28, 1996

Another vintage Nurse Keate mystery by Mignon G. Eberhart, Wolf in Man’s Clothing takes Sarah to a gloomy mansion in the remote Berkshire Hills. She nurses a young man with fatal connections to some poisonous people stuck at the scene—privileged people who are used to getting their way and are unprepared for Sarah.

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This Bison Books edition is introduced by Carl D. Brandt, whose literary agency has represented Eberhart since she left her native Nebraska in the early thirties.

Product Details

• Paperback: 294 pages
• Publisher: Bison Books (August 28, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803267320
• ISBN-13: 978-0803267329
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,620,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice period mystery, but too many characters, November 7, 2003

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M. A Michaud "michael_michaud" (Dulles, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wolf in Man's Clothing (Paperback)

This book provides a glimpse of upper class life in 1942 through the lens of a mystery. Two nurses who journey to a remote mansion to care for a man suffering from a gunshot wound discover a poisonous atmosphere among their hosts and other guests. After the host is killed, suspicion falls on one of the nurses. Clues, some of them false leads, are dropped into the story at intervals. Unsuspected relationships become known. Our narrator, nurse Keate, discovers connections to the German-American Bund. The early phases of World War Two are off screen but contribute to the atmosphere of suspicion. Innuendo plays as big a role as action. The resolution of the mystery is reasonably satisfactory, with a climax that is notably less violent than modern Americans have come to expect.

This book is one of a series in which Nurse Keate gets involved in mysteries. The writing is competent, though not brilliant. The biggest problem is the large number of characters; readers may need a list of dramatis personae to keep track.