The Wolfe Widow

Zusatztext “If you are a book lover of any kind! you will love this series.”— Debbie’s Book Bag   Praise for the Book Collector Mysteries   “Great fun for all fans of puzzle plots.” – Toronto Globe & Mail   “Amusing one-liners! murder! and a dash of mayhem.”— The Hamilton Spectator   “The mystery was first class! the plotting flawless.”— Cozy Mystery Book Review Informationen zum Autor Victoria Abbott is a pseudonym for a collaboration between seasoned mystery author Mary Jane Maffini and her daughter Victoria. Mary Jane, a former mystery bookstore owner, is the author of the Camilla MacPhee, Fiona Silk, and Charlotte Adams series. They live outside Ottawa, ONT. Klappentext As Thanksgiving approaches! Jordan Bingham is grateful for her job researching rare books for Vera Van Alst! the infamous curmudgeon of Harrison Falls! New York. But when an uninvited guest makes an appearance! much more than dinner is disrupted—and Jordan is thankful just to be alive... Vera Van Alst doesn't normally receive visitors without appointment! but she agrees to see the imperious Muriel Delgado upon arrival. Shortly thereafter! Jordan is told that her position is being terminated. Evicted from the Van Alst House! Jordan is determined to find out what hold Muriel has over her erstwhile employer. It seems Muriel has designs on Vera's money and property—not to mention a particular interest in her collection of Nero Wolfe first editions. When Jordan discovers a deadly connection between Muriel and the Van Alst family! it's up to her to put the house in order and stop a killer from going back to press. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CHAPTER ONE THE DOORBELL RANG. Now, this would be no big deal in most places, but at Van Alst House ten days before Thanksgiving, it seemed to create a collective panic. It was just after eight on a night that had already brought us some serious wind, making the unseasonably early snow flurries seem like a blizzard fit for the arctic. My boss, Vera Van Alst, and I were grumbling about the cold white stuff arriving in mid-November as we waited to be served our main course in the historic ruin that is the grand dining room. My Uncle Kev, the world’s oldest and largest child, was defending the fun factor of early snow. When the bell rang, I thought I’d ignore it. It sounded again, a serious, rich and commanding ring, perfect for a massive historical home. It should tell you something that we all reacted with shock. Everyone froze. Vera’s cook, Signora Panetone, put down her vast platter with the mountain of gnocchi and crossed herself. The signora won’t see eighty again, but usually that doesn’t stop her from heaping food on your plate. This time her black eyes bugged out and her unlikely ebony hair seemed to plaster itself a little closer to her scalp. The doorbell ringing was not a regular occurrence at Van Alst House. Nor was it a welcome one. Vera hulked unmoving in her wheelchair, her face like an Easter Island moai. Apparently her majesty was not amused. Kev—usually ebullient where food was involved—vanished like an ice cube in a bowl of minestrone. Even the Siamese cats took refuge under the mile-long Sheraton table. I felt their tails swishing against my ankles. Would claws be next? Why hadn’t I worn something higher than ankle boots? In the six and a half months I’d worked for Vera, lived at Van Alst House and taken my evening meals in this dining room, you’d think I would have learned, but sometimes fashion wins over feline, and then inevitably feline turns the tables and triumphs once more. Another ring of the bell. It was mildly eerie, because all the people brave enough to cross the threshold of this house were present and accounted for, except for Eddie, our recently retired postal carrier who was floating somewhere off Florida on a cruise with ...

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Victoria Abbott

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• Authors: Victoria Abbott
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.09.2014
• EAN: 9780425255308
• ISBN: 978-0-425-25530-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 170 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Book Collector Mystery; A Book Collector Mystery; A Book Collector Mystery; Book Collector Mystery
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense