In the sticky summer of 1943, a secluded cottage in the Berkshires sounds just the ticket to the newly married Clara Gamadge. The resident ghost, a slender woman in a sunbonnet who died just one year... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Elizabeth Daly is an excellent writer, and this is one of her best books. I am grateful to Felony and Mayhem for publishing it -- and for publishing other books by this author of the Golden Age!
One of Daly's best
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I'm delighted to see that Elizabeth Daly's novels are coming back into print. Henry Gamadge, her series detective, is a bibliophile and an expert on antique books and forgeries. In "Evidence of Things Seen," his wife, Clara, and their housekeeper find themselves frightened by the appearance of a woman near their summer cottage, her face shrouded by a sunbonnet, who only appears near sunset. It is hinted that this may be the ghost of a woman, possibly murdered by her sister. Soon, there is a murder, and it is up to Gamadge to discover the criminal - and bring the crime back into the realm of reality, rather than being the handiwork of a ghost. It's one of Daly's best, and it's a good introduction to Gamadge.
Pleasant diversion for Golden Age mystery fans
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Plot: During the early days of WWII Clara Gamadge moves into a rented summer cottage in the Berkshires with her housekeeper Maggie. Her husband Henry plans to join her after his overseas mission is complete; another couple will also share their quiet refuge. Soon after arriving Clara and Maggie see a mysterious figure on a nearby path night after night. Is the figure that of the woman who recently died in the rented cottage? And is the dead woman's sister to become a victim at the hand of a ghost? Review: A "cosy" mystery set in the countryside peopled with sophisticated city folk amidst the "natives," with a houseful of war refugees thrown in for good measure. A pretty good mystery, written in a pleasing style. This was my first Henry Gamage mystery, and I plan to seek out more based on this.
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