Marian Babson Bücher

Aus d. Amerikanischen v. Ritz, Michael Roman. 189 S.

Als die bekannte Schriftstellerin Lorinda Lucas eine beliebte Romanfigur sterben lässt, scheint diese plötzlich in der Realität aufzutauchen, um sich zu wehren. Bald darauf geschieht in der beschaulichen englischen Schriftsteller-Kolonie Brimful Coffers eine Reihe von merkwürdigen Unfällen und nicht nur Lorindas gewiefte Katzen müssen um ihr Leben fürchten.

Nach dem Tod ihres geliebten Pekinesen ist die exzentrische Schauspielerin Dame Cecile untröstlich. Mit ihren Kolleginnen Evangeline und Trixie macht sie sich auf den Weg zum Tierpräparator. Dort angekommen überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Der Präparator ist tot, sein Geschäft steht in Flammen. Und statt des Pekinesen haben die rüstigen Damen plötzlich eine Katze ungeklärter Herkunft am Hals ...

Eleven-year-old Robin wants to join a popular gang at school. They'll accept him, though only if he kidnaps the prize-winning cat of old Mrs. Nordling first. But when Robin sneaks into the Nordlings' house in the dark of night, he gets more than just a schoolyard thrill. An argument, strange sounds, a woman's cry, and the cat--hurled out of a room--are all Robin needs to grab the frisky kitty and get packing. Then Mr. Nordling, covered in his wife's blood, lurches out into the hallway, and Robin runs for his life...feline prize in hand. A brutal crime has been committed. Mr. Nordling knows someone besides the cat witnessed it, and he will stop at nothing to learn who it was. But Robin, the cat--and an extremely nosy neighbor--have other ideas...

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A decomposing body...a severed head in a closet...a macabre meeting with "Mother "--mystery writer Lorinda Lucas tosses yet another paperback in the trash, appalled at the gruesome direction of today's crime fiction. She's even more disturbed at the half-starved state of Roscoe, the cat next door. Before Lorinda left for her latest book tour, Roscoe was as plump and pampered as her own two felines, Had-I and But-Known. It only takes a modicum of sleuthing to find out that in Lorinda's absence Roscoe's owner, Macho Magee, has acquired a new girlfriend--a harridan who has put the gentle Macho and his pet on a strict diet. And that's only the first disturbing news in Brimful Coffers, the once-quiet village that now includes a writer's colony. Lorinda soon discovers that a hit-and-run has ended a child's life, professional jealousy has taken a deadly twist, and murder is just around the catty-corner...

Hired to help a London society dentist Endicott remove a corpse from his office, Doug and Gerry must sort through a cast of characters that includes fashion model Morgana, General Sir Malcolm, and Endicott's wife, Adele. Reprint.

To the beautiful young woman trapped in a marriage, Denny is a godsend--a slow-witted, strong man who wants to save this pretty lady from her wicked husband, especially when she provides a gun. Her plot is foolproof--except that Denny's life is threatened from a most unexpected source. Taut and poignant.--Kirkus.

Leonora begins to suspect that her oddball neighbors are up to know good when she sees a body beneath the bushes of the Cosgreave Estate and the next day, they deny everything. Reprint.

Hatboxes are In. So is Murder.It was a relief! Stacey wasn't the only person carrying a hatbox on the flight to London. Now she wouldn't stand out like a sore thumb, and no one could possibly guess that instead of a hat she was actually transporting a one-of-a-kind double tiara of diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and fire opals. No one could guess, that is, until the jeweled headdress disappeared. By then Stacey was in London--in the company of two impish children and an out-of-work actor--and the tiara was God knows where.Could it be that the oil baron's wife had switched her hatbnox for Stacey's? What about the efficient stewardess, or the beautiful but beguiling cover girl, or the two men handcuffed together? Racing all over London and environs, Stacey was determined to hunt the jewelry down. What she found were lots of empty hatboxes--and murder. . .

A millionaire's pet tabby is the only witness to his catty murder. . .When millionaire Arthur Arbuthnot mistakes gossip maven Annabel Hinchby-Smythe for a decorator-and hires her to redecorate his apartment-the fiscally challenged Annabel can't refuse. When she sees Arbuthnot's tatty London flat, she knows anything will be an improvement. And any gossip she can dig up will be pure gold for the tabloids. But when Arthur is found dead, his frisky relatives begin to lick their chops.Arbuthnot's beloved tabby Sally was the only witness to the homicide-and the sole heir to his estate. Suddenly, cat-hating family members are eager to claim her and control the family fortune. Annabel's only hope to save the cat and catch a killer is to kidnap Sally-and see who comes sniffing around. Once the cat's out of the bag, murder is sure to follow. . .

First edition. Detective novel about the murder of a British successful economist. Dust jacket lightly worn. 176 pages. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo..

Waiting outside Bonnard's department store for the famous New Year's sale, Dorrie Wilson and the crowd burst with excitement and anticipation. But things begin to sour by the fourth day, and Dorrie realizes that something is rotten in the line for the Sale of the Century. TP: Walker.

Maude Daneson's rooming house is festive, the perfect setting for an old-fashioned Christmas. But someone has been very bad. Each killing in London is more senseless than the one before and the killer is far closer than they know.

When her husband and his secretary disappear (along with half a million in bonds) while in Brussels on business, Karen is certain that her husband is in grave danger and has not simply run off with another woman. Reprint.