Death of an Old Sinner

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480460317

<DIV><DIV><B>A Grand Master of crime fiction, Dorothy Salisbury Davis introduces the redoubtable crime-solving Scottish housekeeper Mrs. Norris in this thrilling tale of family secrets and murder</B></DIV><DIV><BR /> General Ransom Jarvis is writing his memoirs about a distinguished career that spanned five continents and three wars. Along the way, he stumbles upon a scandal about a philandering ancestor&mdash;America&rsquo;s ambassador to England who went on to become president of the United States. But a very clear and present danger embroils the irascible retired general in a deepening quagmire of deceit, fraud, and murder.&#160;</DIV><DIV><BR /> Enter Mrs. Norris, the housekeeper who has been almost a mother to Ransom&rsquo;s son since he was a boy. Jimmie is currently running for governor of New York and enjoying his budding relationship with sculptor Helene Joyce. A sudden death changes everything, plunging Jimmie and Mrs. Norris into a bizarre case headed up by Jasper Tully, chief investigator for the Manhattan district attorney&rsquo;s office. With more lives at stake, the trio follows lead after lead into a web of crime that only the canny housekeeper can clean up in the nick of time.</DIV><DIV><BR /><I>Death of an Old Sinner</I>&#160;is the first novel in Dorothy Salisbury Davis&rsquo;s Mrs. Norris Mysteries, which also include&#160;<I>A Gentleman Called</I>, a finalist for the Mystery Writers of America&rsquo;s Edgar Award;&#160;<I>Old Sinners Never Die</I>; and &ldquo;Mrs. Norris Observes,&rdquo; a short story in the collection&#160;<I>Tales for a Stormy Night</I>.<BR /><BR /><B><I>Death of an Old Sinner </I>is the 1st book in the Mrs. Norris Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</B></DIV><DIV>&#160;</DIV></DIV>