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Pages
192
Published
1980
Language
English

Synopsis

Boston landlady Harriet Sutton finds a note detailing a murder conspiracy, only for one of her tenants to be killed. When police suspect her son, a Vietnam veteran suffering from combat fatigue, Harriet enlists forensic psychiatrist Dr. Basil Willing to investigate and clear her son's name.

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About the author

H
Helen McCloy

Born 6 June 1904, New York, New York; died December 1992 Daughter of William C. and Helen Clarkson McCloy; married David Dresser, 1946 (divorced 1961); children: one daughter Helen McCloy's father was managing editor of the New York Evening Sun; her mother wrote short stories under her maiden name. A Quaker, McCloy studied at the Brooklyn Friends School in New York. At fourteen, she published a literary essay in the Boston Transcript; at fifteen, she published verse in the New York Times....

Characters

Harriet SuttonProtagonist
Dr. Basil WillingProtagonist
Harriet Sutton's sonSupporting
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