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The Hospitality of the House
APA The Hospitality of the House.
- GenresMystery
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1965
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May 4, 2016
Totally fell for this one! Had me on edge as I had no idea what was going on. Good little mystery.
October 8, 2016
They had been pen pals for years, but had never met. Then Mandy came to visit Janet and wished she hadn’t. At the airport, Mandy was met by Janet & her parents but instead of going to Janet's house ---they took her to Janet's grandmothers dreary, desolate farm -the nurse had left and the family had to stay a couple of days and care for dear old (DEAD A YEAR AGO) Granny – until the new nurse arrives in a couple of days. I couldn’t put this one down, took me less than four hours --- the ending was almost beyond comprehension and nothing I expected and/or suspected! Thanks to Troy Public Library ---they had at least three available for check out!
January 1, 2023
You suspect things right away but who would ever think...? A really enjoyable read.
July 31, 2025
This was a fun mystery about a girl going to meet her pen-pal for the first time who ends up in strange and deadly circumstances. I had never heard of the author (assumed she might be related to Walt but that doesn't appear to be the case).
This novel has a bit of a YA novel feel to it--it reads a bit like a Scooby Doo novelization and I don't really mean that in a bad way. The novel does start pretty slowly--the first 100 pages or so (out of 160) mostly involve the main character Mandy becoming increasingly uncomfortable with her pen-pal and her mysterious family. That being said, I was not uninterested or put off by the slow boil. Things do ratchet up nicely in the finale, though, and the ending has a simple but interesting and realistic twist. In the very end everything is sorted out as the police question Mandy and explain everything to her (and the reader)--again, very Scooby Doo.
The prose was lively and captivating. I will be keeping my eye out for more books by this author--though it looks like she has faded into relative obscurity as my local library system had nothing by her. Maybe I will run into her again in another Ebay lot.
This novel has a bit of a YA novel feel to it--it reads a bit like a Scooby Doo novelization and I don't really mean that in a bad way. The novel does start pretty slowly--the first 100 pages or so (out of 160) mostly involve the main character Mandy becoming increasingly uncomfortable with her pen-pal and her mysterious family. That being said, I was not uninterested or put off by the slow boil. Things do ratchet up nicely in the finale, though, and the ending has a simple but interesting and realistic twist. In the very end everything is sorted out as the police question Mandy and explain everything to her (and the reader)--again, very Scooby Doo.
The prose was lively and captivating. I will be keeping my eye out for more books by this author--though it looks like she has faded into relative obscurity as my local library system had nothing by her. Maybe I will run into her again in another Ebay lot.
January 7, 2013
Excellent suspense book. DMD was one of my favorite female authors "back in the day." Now I find her female protagonists too naive.
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