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Written in stilted prose reminiscent of the turn-of-the-century setting, this fourth in a series (following Arabian Pearl ) is the hardcover debut of consulting detective Abigail Danforth. Miss Abigail has traveled to the Hawaiian islands with her companion and former client Maude Cunningham, her maid Jacqueline and her father's valet Kinkade. There an acquaintance, Penelope Tarkington, confides her suspicions that her brother Matthew, heir to the family's sugar fortune, is being poisoned by their father's disinherited first son, Luke, whose whereabouts are unknown. But before Abigail can track down Luke, Kinkade is arrested in the drowning death of Princess Lilliana, who had agreed to meet him in the park where the smitten valet discovered her body floating in a pond. Juggling both cases, Abigail struggles against rigid social strictures as she tries to question the Tarkington family and learn more about Lilliana's native life. Only after she is attacked herself can Abigail reach the solution. Before then, however, readers may despair of this sleuth, whose concerns with social mores and fashion detract from the development of the plot and main character.
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Accompanied as always by her companion and confidante, Maude Cunningham, and her major domo, Kinkade, Miss Abigail Patience Danforth was putting an end to what she saw as yet another attempt by Maude to act as matchmaker as they sat on their balcony at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Oahu. But for once, Maude was not thinking of romance. She suspected that someone was poisoning the rightful heir to a sugar fortune, Matthew Tarkington, in a most diabolical way by making it appear that he had the symptoms of the beginning of leprosy—the mere suspicion of which would be cause enough to have him banished to the hell-on-earth that was the leper colony on Molokai. But just as Miss Danforth finally agrees to look into the matter, the household is struck by disaster.
Written in stilted prose reminiscent of the turn-of-the-century setting, this fourth in a series (following Arabian Pearl ) is the hardcover debut of consulting detective Abigail Danforth. Miss Abigail has traveled to the Hawaiian islands with her companion and former client Maude Cunningham, her maid Jacqueline and her father's valet Kinkade. There an acquaintance, Penelope Tarkington, confides her suspicions that her brother Matthew, heir to the family's sugar fortune, is being poisoned by their father's disinherited first son, Luke, whose whereabouts are unknown. But before Abigail can track down Luke, Kinkade is arrested in the drowning death of Princess Lilliana, who had agreed to meet him in the park where the smitten valet discovered her body floating in a pond. Juggling both cases, Abigail struggles against rigid social strictures as she tries to question the Tarkington family and learn more about Lilliana's native life. Only after she is attacked herself can Abigail reach the solution. Before then, however, readers may despair of this sleuth, whose concerns with social mores and fashion detract from the development of the plot and main character.
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--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.Book Description
Accompanied as always by her companion and confidante, Maude Cunningham, and her major domo, Kinkade, Miss Abigail Patience Danforth was putting an end to what she saw as yet another attempt by Maude to act as matchmaker as they sat on their balcony at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Oahu. But for once, Maude was not thinking of romance. She suspected that someone was poisoning the rightful heir to a sugar fortune, Matthew Tarkington, in a most diabolical way by making it appear that he had the symptoms of the beginning of leprosy—the mere suspicion of which would be cause enough to have him banished to the hell-on-earth that was the leper colony on Molokai. But just as Miss Danforth finally agrees to look into the matter, the household is struck by disaster.
The body of Princess Lilliana, a cousin of deposed Hawaiian royalty, is discovered, and Kinkade, normally the most sedate and sensible of men, confesses to the murder, and it is against his will that Miss Danforth must prove his innocence. In spite of the danger to herself, Miss Danforth not only uncovers the real murderer of the princess, she exposes the plot to banish Matthew. In doing so, many of the secrets of Hawaii’s elite are exposed to an unmerciful tropical sun.
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