Wasit paranoia or was she really being followed by the strange figure in the ragged pants? Or was. . .no, it couldn't be. Rosemary Leech was too sophisticated to believe in the tales of witchcraft and reincarnation that wer part and parcel of life in Hawaii.
Mildred B. Davis, an american teacher, published her first novel, The Room Upstairs, in 1948. It was awarded an Edgar for best first novel of the year by the Mystery Writers of America. A rich novel with subtle strains of gothic horror and hard-boiled private eye, this book lifted her into the limelight as an author of promise.