THREE BRIGHT PEBBLES

Colonel Primrose Mystery #4

by Leslie Ford

Hatred in the night... There was little love in the Winthrop clan, not in the mother who ruthlessly dominated it, nor the son who disgraced it, nor the daughter who sullied its name. Certainly it wasn't Cupid who one dark night sent an arrow rippling through a human throat... And now the Winthrops had to desperately seek the murderer in their midst, before that minister of silent death could strike again...

Genres: Mystery

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1938

About the author

Leslie Ford is the nom de plume of Zenith Jones Brown , who also wrote as David Frome and Brenda Conrad.

Reviews

[Rita Gorra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Outside of the fact that Colonel Primrose wasn't in the book, it was pretty good. Actually almost 5 stars. Ford has a wonderful way of describing people and then their thought processes. It came together beautifully. One of my favorite people was Tom Birdsong, and not just because of his precocious dog. She brings back a time we all muse about, a society where airs and opportunity are important and where love is shown as complicated as it truly is.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Col. Primrose is on a government assignment, so Grace Latham finds herself playing Watson for the mysterious Dr. Birdsong (and his well-trained dog--substituting for Sgt. Buck?) when a connection of Grace's is killed at his mother's Maryland estate. Rick had annoyed many people, and had had a fight with his brother, newly returned from Paris, the evening before his death. But who was skilled enough to kill him with an arrow in the dark?