Death in the Fog
by Mignon G. Eberhart
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This classic mystery is " more than a mere crime puzzle. . . . It is a tragic event which deeply affects the destinies of those who are in any way involved" ( The New York Times). The road to her aunt's country house on Lake Michigan is dark and shrouded in fog. But it's a road Katie Warren knows well, having taken up residence with her Aunt Mina after losing her job during the stock market crash. But as she enters the gates to the gloomy mansion, a figure appears in the murky show more darkness--and Katie drives right into it, resulting in the death of her ailing aunt's longtime companion, Charlotte Weinberg. The police are called in to investigate and when it becomes clear there was no love lost between Katie and Charlotte, Katie falls under suspicion. But Katie has her own suspicions when she discovers the death in the fog was no accident at all. Now sharing her aunt's house with a list of suspects, Katie must rely on her wits to find a murderer--before the murderer gets her first. Praise for Mignon Eberhart "Eberhart is one of the great ladies of twentieth-century mystery fiction." --John Jakes, author of the North and South Trilogy "One of America's favorite writers." --Mary Higgins Clark show lessTags
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I loved the writing, but not so much the casual racism. Tho, I believe it could have been worse for a book written in 1933, I found it marred my enjoyment.
What also marred my enjoyment was that after about the forst 1/3 of the book,both the plot and the characters become a bit stupid .
One of the plot twists had me laugh out loud. It was very entertaining.
Still, I believe this was a relatively early book by the author, and I have already downloaded a few others.
The writing was really great.
One note on the kindle edition I had, there were lots of typos and missing letters etc.
What also marred my enjoyment was that after about the forst 1/3 of the book,
One of the plot twists had me laugh out loud. It was very entertaining.
Still, I believe this was a relatively early book by the author, and I have already downloaded a few others.
The writing was really great.
One note on the kindle edition I had, there were lots of typos and missing letters etc.
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Mignon G. Eberhart was born on July 6, 1899 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She studied English and history at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Her first novel, Patient in Room 18, was published in 1929. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 50 novels and numerous short stories including While the Patient Slept, House on the Roof, Hasty Wedding, With This show more Ring, Three Days for Emeralds, and Dead Yesterday and Other Stories. She received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1971 and the Agatha Award: Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1994. She died on October 8, 1996. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Doubleday Crime Club (1933.08)
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- Canonical title
- Death in the Fog
- Original title
- The Dark Garden
- Alternate titles
- Death in the Fog
- Original publication date
- 1933
- Disambiguation notice
- Originally published in 1933 as The Dark Garden by Doubleday.
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- Languages
- English, German
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- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
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