The Glass Slipper

by Mignon G. Eberhart

Rue was happily married to her "Prince Charming," a wealthy, handsome man, but when a killer strikes and names Rue the next victim, she fears that her husband may be the killer

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1938

About the author

Mignon Good (1899-1996) was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. She studied at Nebraska Wesleyan University from 1917 to 1920. In 1923 she married Alanson C. Eberhart, a civil engineer. After working as a freelance journalist, she decided to become a full-time writer. In 1929 her first crime novel was published featuring 'Sarah Keate', a nurse and 'Lance O'Leary', a police detective. This couple appeared in another four novels. In the Forties, she and her husband divorced. She married John Hazen Perry in 1946 but two years later she divorced him and remarried her first husband. Over the next forty years she wrote a novel nearly every year. In 1971 she won the Grand Master award from the Mystery Writers of America. She also wrote many short stories featuring banker/amateur sleuth James Wickwire (who could be considered a precursor to Emma Lathen's John Putnam Thatcher) and mystery writer/amateur sleuth Susan Dare.

Reviews

[Chana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Creepy, especially the ending.

[Cate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read, particularly if you consider that the ending might also be murder--well written, an enjoyable murder mystery

[Michela Derry · Rating 3 out of 5]

scritto magistralmente, secondo me è uno dei suoi migliori.

[Victoria Mixon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eberthart's GOOD. She relies on what she knows, which is nursing and the little details of nursing that might or might not provide the clue to solving a medical murder. . .details a little common sense on the part of the reader could probably provide, too.

This one's a little cheap-romancey in that the jacket blurb claims, "She's married to the man she's always loved," when, in fact, the reader gets almost no information on why this man who doesn't love the protagonist married her and none at all about why she married this man when she doesn't actually love him. Well, obviously, because Eberhart wants her to fall in love with him.

But I'm willing to forgive Eberhart the predictable romantic angle because of that common sense aspect the reader should be able to provide but conveniently doesn't. So when, halfway through, the other nurse involved says mysteriously, "I know who did it. And you do, too," she does turn out to be right, and the reader gets suckered along with everyone else.

Touche, Mignon.

And I really like your name.

[Scilla · Rating 2 out of 5]

A beautiful young nurse marries a well-known doctor after his wife died while she was nursing the wife. Two months later, the police receive letters suggesting the first wife was murdered. As the police investigate there are two more murders. All in the household, including the doctor, his new wife, the first wife’s brother and best friend, and the doctor’s partner are all suspects. The new wife fears for her life.

[Atram_sinprisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gratamente sorprendida con la primera novela que leo de M. G. Eberhart. A pesar de que el elemento romántico pesa bastante en la trama, hay que reconocer que tiene momentos de intriga muy bien conseguidos y que resuelve correctamente la trama.

[JZ]

1938 12th book