The curtain fell on the last act of the life of Richard Winter, actor extraordinary, when his obese, alcoholic body was found sunk in fourteen inches of soapy bathtub water. But the drama of his death took up from here, for James Warren of Scotland Yard was convinced that this once greatest of all Macbeths had been murdered. To prove his case against those who insisted on viewing the death as accidental, Warren had to tear off the mask and cloak put around Winter the actor to reach the real facts about Winter the man. It was a tough job; Winter had surrounded himself with a diversely prejudiced set of characters. They included a statesman, a thief, a barkeeper, a widow, a strange young blonde, and a brash journalist. According to their conflicting testimony, Winter was truly a man of many parts. Copyright, 1944, by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, Regular edition, $2.00.
Cats Don't Smile
The letter from Cousin Julia asking spry-and-seventy Miss Rachel Murdock and her sister Jennifer to take over house and paying guests was plain enough, but Miss Rachel, with her nose for crime, sniffed something wrong. To begin with, the guests were an odd pair to find in Julia’s:home: a blowzy, blonde nurse, and a short, oleaginous gent with a Cheshire smile. The family in the big house next door was equally inexplicable and became more so when tears and tension turned into murder, ‘In satisfying her avid curiosity, Miss Racliel learned at her own per'l why a burned cuff link inspired terror, why music at midnight was carefully caleulated, and how the mangled corpse of a cat was a prelude to human death, Copyright, 1945, by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Regular edition, $2.00.
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She Fell Among Actors
The curtain fell on the last act of the life of Richard Winter, actor extraordinary, when his obese, alcoholic body was found sunk in fourteen inches of soapy bathtub water. But the drama of his death took up from here, for James Warren of Scotland Yard was convinced that this once greatest of all Macbeths had been murdered. To prove his case against those who insisted on viewing the death as accidental, Warren had to tear off the mask and cloak put around Winter the actor to reach the real facts about Winter the man. It was a tough job; Winter had surrounded himself with a diversely prejudiced set of characters. They included a statesman, a thief, a barkeeper, a widow, a strange young blonde, and a brash journalist. According to their conflicting testimony, Winter was truly a man of many parts. Copyright, 1944, by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, Regular edition, $2.00.
Cats Don't Smile
The letter from Cousin Julia asking spry-and-seventy Miss Rachel Murdock and her sister Jennifer to take over house and paying guests was plain enough, but Miss Rachel, with her nose for crime, sniffed something wrong. To begin with, the guests were an odd pair to find in Julia’s:home: a blowzy, blonde nurse, and a short, oleaginous gent with a Cheshire smile. The family in the big house next door was equally inexplicable and became more so when tears and tension turned into murder, ‘In satisfying her avid curiosity, Miss Racliel learned at her own per'l why a burned cuff link inspired terror, why music at midnight was carefully caleulated, and how the mangled corpse of a cat was a prelude to human death, Copyright, 1945, by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Regular edition, $2.00.