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
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--America'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.
Enter Mrs. Norris, the housekeeper who has been almost a mother to
Ransom'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'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.
Death of an Old Sinner is the first novel in Dorothy Salisbury Davis's
Mrs. Norris Mysteries, which also include A Gentleman Called, a
finalist for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award; Old Sinners
Never Die; and "Mrs. Norris Observes," a short story in the collection
Tales for a Stormy Night.
Death of an Old Sinner is the 1st book in the Mrs. Norris Mysteries,
but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
