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Inspector McKee #18
The Farmhouse
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The shadow of a ruthless killer creeps over a quiet countryside as fear and suspense mount steadily and explode in a crashing climax.
Wouldn’t You Like to Know—
Why lanterns are lit each evening on the graves of the four dead Vestry sisters?
Why a woman wearing black net stockings and shoes with four-inch heels walks country lanes at night?
How a used bus ticket reveals an ingenious blackmail plot?
What is the reason for Wick’s strange relationship with the breathtakingly beautiful Rita?
Why flowers are heaped on a grave where no one is buried?
You will learn the answers as you read this ingenious story of death and terror.
Where will the clues and events lead you?
A human hand sticking out of a puddle after a rainstorm ... An oil painting of a lady in red ... A pistol found in a pond . . . Blood seeping out from under an attic doorway . . . Lanterns, lighted each day at dusk, on four marble headstones in a quiet country graveyard ... A bullet hidden in the finger of a pigskin glove . . . Rifle shots that shatter the quiet (and a window) of a peaceful farmhouse ... . A briefcase hidden among blackberry bushes . . . Oil dripping slowly from a tank that should have been empty . . . Exchange of carpets in an upstairs bedroom ... A powerful narcotic discarded for a quicker and more brutal method of committing MURDER . . . Filmy yellow silk knotted tightly about a shapely throat . . . murder and violence in a peaceful farming community.
The shadow of a ruthless killer creeps over a quiet countryside as fear and suspense mount steadily and explode in a crashing climax.
Wouldn’t You Like to Know—
Why lanterns are lit each evening on the graves of the four dead Vestry sisters?
Why a woman wearing black net stockings and shoes with four-inch heels walks country lanes at night?
How a used bus ticket reveals an ingenious blackmail plot?
What is the reason for Wick’s strange relationship with the breathtakingly beautiful Rita?
Why flowers are heaped on a grave where no one is buried?
You will learn the answers as you read this ingenious story of death and terror.
Where will the clues and events lead you?
A human hand sticking out of a puddle after a rainstorm ... An oil painting of a lady in red ... A pistol found in a pond . . . Blood seeping out from under an attic doorway . . . Lanterns, lighted each day at dusk, on four marble headstones in a quiet country graveyard ... A bullet hidden in the finger of a pigskin glove . . . Rifle shots that shatter the quiet (and a window) of a peaceful farmhouse ... . A briefcase hidden among blackberry bushes . . . Oil dripping slowly from a tank that should have been empty . . . Exchange of carpets in an upstairs bedroom ... A powerful narcotic discarded for a quicker and more brutal method of committing MURDER . . . Filmy yellow silk knotted tightly about a shapely throat . . . murder and violence in a peaceful farming community.
- GenresMystery
185 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1943
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About the author
Helen Reilly
56 books9 followersHelen Reilly was an American novelist. She was born Helen Kieran and grew up in New York City in a literary family. Her brother, James Kieran, also wrote a mystery, and two of her daughters, Ursula Curtiss and Mary McMullen, are mystery writers.
Reilly's early books were police procedurals based on her research into the New York Homicide squad. Her most popular character is Inspector Christopher McKee. Reilly also used the pseudonym Kieran Abbey.
Reilly's early books were police procedurals based on her research into the New York Homicide squad. Her most popular character is Inspector Christopher McKee. Reilly also used the pseudonym Kieran Abbey.
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January 17, 2019Synopsis: Nell Shevlin goes to her farmhouse to ponder marriage when a killer appears.
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