Murder by an Aristocrat

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Call Number: Mystery / Eberhart, Mignon, Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / Classic / Eberhart, Mignon Good
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Mystery / Eberhart, Mignon	4-week checkout	On Shelf
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"Copyright ©1932 by Mignon Good Eberhart. Renewed. Reprited by permission of the Authors guild. Introduction copyright © Nancy Pickard." -- title page verso.
When Nurse Keate arrives at the Thatcher estate to care for a man with a bullet in his shoulder, she’s told that he shot himself accidentally―but when the convalescing man is murdered soon thereafter, it becomes clear that the only “accident” was his not being fully killed the first time around. A murderer stalks the manor and yet the rest of the family isn’t the slightest bit alarmed; instead, they seem intent on concealing the crime and adding it to the other dark secrets buried deep within their mansion’s walls. Meanwhile, Nurse Keate is passed from one family member to another, each one claiming some spurious ailment requiring her expertise, realizing only too late that the family is anxious to keep her and her knowledge of the crime from leaving the premises. After another apparent murder takes place, she begins to fear that the price of this knowledge may be her life.

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Entertaining Aristocrats submitted by mbruno on December 1, 2023, 9:41pm Nearly everything you need to know is revealed in this murder mystery that will keep you guessing. It is spooky, disturbing, engaging, and a puzzling. The heroines perspective is an healthy balance of fear, seeking whodoneit without demonizing the culprits surrounding her. Although my first read in this series, I intend to backtrack. Only Christie’s stories have been as satisfying for me to read start to finish.