Sailor, Take Warning!

Jeff and Haila Troy Mystery #4

by Kelley Roos

First published in 1944, this was the fourth book to feature Jeff and Haila Troy whose exploits were popular with readers and movie goers six decades ago.

Genres: Mystery

158 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1944

About the author

Joint pseudonym. Audrey Kelley Roos [1912-1982] & William Roos [1911-1987] were a married couple who wrote about a a married couple; their series detectives were Jeff and Haila Troy, aided by NY Lieutenant George Hankins. Roos also wrote some non-series mysteries.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Photographer Jeff Troy and his wife Haila are visiting Central Park and run into a group of adult enthusiasts for model boats, which they sail in the lake. When one of them is found impossibly murdered (he's sitting on a rocky knoll and no-one approaches him before he's stabbed), the wife of one of the suspects hires Jeff for the princely sum of $1000--well, it's 1944 and that's a lot of money. Jeff doesn't want to investigate, but Haila insists, and they find themselves questioning a lot of different suspects and getting in a lot of trouble. Humorous, light-hearted, sometimes spooky--the Troys cover a lot of ground until they identify the not-at-all lighthearted motive for murder.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an enjoyable, quick read. My first experience with this author (actually written by a husband & wife team), apparently I started in the middle of a series so maybe it would rate higher if read in sequence.

[Jeffrey Marks · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the better Haila and Jeff Troys with a plot that can be figured out to some degree (though one twist was confusing to me.) Very enjoyable look at NYC in the 1940s war years.

[Pam]

11/23/07 rec via bookmooch