Sweet are the Ways (1965)

Outstanding book, containing far too much story for a Harlequin. There's a lot of backstory mysteriously hinted at (which is good, as it supplies suspense and mystery) and the book runs rather over typical 1960s Harlequin length but even so it's packed with subplot and incident. And the heroine's secret scandal, revealed in an appallingly public fashion at the end of the book, involves both crime and compromising circumstances and is dramatic enough not to disappoint. A great "cozy" read. ( )