Another Man's Murder

by Mignon G. Eberhart

Dodie's marriage to Cayce Clary was ended because of Cayce's uncle, the Judge, and Cayce fled--but when he comes back, the Judge is found dead and Cayce is accused of the crime he had every reason to commit. Reissue.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

158 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1957

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

[Hameeda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now this book didn't disappoint. And Eberhart proves to be the American Agnatha Christi. I couldn't guess till the last page.

[Yibbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one kept me guessing right to the end, almost the very last page. Then I saw that every clue I needed was in plain sight. Well done Mrs. Eberhart. Not only did she plot her mystery brilliantly, but she also created a unique cast of characters and set them in a vaguely spooky setting. Even the trees and lake seem to hint at secrets and danger. There were a couple of weak points, but they weren’t to glaringly obvious so didn’t distract too much. I think most readers would be surprised by at least several of the twists she springs on the reader.
There were a couple ‘mild’ curse words, otherwise, it was clean.

[José Van Rosmalen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spannende thriller, over hebzucht en wraak. De hoofdpersoon wordt verdacht van moord, maar weet uiteindelijk aan het langste eind te trekken. Mooie opbouw van het boek.

[Mary Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very short book. My mother gave me this book along with a lot of others. This book is about a young man who is requested to come home and when he does he is framed for his uncle's murder. The man that framed him is his step-cousin and his dad's old army buddy. Neither meant to do this but they did. It was the old sheriff who figured it out and then listened when the old army buddy finally confessed. In the end, Cayce goes home with his bride with whom he has been married 6 years but has never been with because of his step-uncle's duplicitous nature. It is a good read and very quick if you can just sit and read it.

[Rusty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Written in the 1950's and reads like it. Casey comes back to visit the home he grew up in which has been given in a life estate to his hated uncle. Uncle is murdered; Casey is suspected. The usual love interest with the girl in the next estate over. The characters are all earnest, the girls are perky, the guys appropriately rakish. Reads like an adult Nancy Drew.