Mrs. Meade returns, and her friends are very glad to have her on hand when faced with mystery and mayhem...
A retired soldier is shot dead by his own fireside, and none of the people who had quarreled with him have an alibi for that night.
The son of a visiting English baronet is injured in an accident which might have been a practical joke gone wrong...or something more sinister.
The worst hypochondriac in Sour Springs claims she is being poisoned—and then that she is being robbed. Which crime, if either, is real?
Mrs. Meade, a gentle but shrewd widow lady with a keen interest in human nature, has her hands full figuring out the solutions to these three cozy historical novellas.
If you're a fan of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and Anna Katharine Green's Miss Amelia Butterworth, you'll love these quick trips back to the mountain West of the Edwardian era, with a clever lady sleuth to apply her wits to its puzzles.
Mrs. Meade returns, and her friends are very glad to have her on hand when faced with mystery and mayhem...
A retired soldier is shot dead by his own fireside, and none of the people who had quarreled with him have an alibi for that night.
The son of a visiting English baronet is injured in an accident which might have been a practical joke gone wrong...or something more sinister.
The worst hypochondriac in Sour Springs claims she is being poisoned—and then that she is being robbed. Which crime, if either, is real?
Mrs. Meade, a gentle but shrewd widow lady with a keen interest in human nature, has her hands full figuring out the solutions to these three cozy historical novellas.
If you're a fan of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and Anna Katharine Green's Miss Amelia Butterworth, you'll love these quick trips back to the mountain West of the Edwardian era, with a clever lady sleuth to apply her wits to its puzzles.