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Two nurses investigate a millionaire' s suspicious gunshot wound in this "absorbing" mystery by a Special Edgar Award–winning author (The New York Times). It takes a compound fracture to bring Craig Brent and Drue Cable together. A millionaire injured in an auto accident, Craig falls quickly for his nurse, wedding Drue as soon as his arm is mended. Craig's father, disgusted to see his son marrying below his station, pressures him into a divorce, and the whirlwind marriage dies in Reno. A show more year later, the young lovers are given a second chance, when a bullet shatters Craig's shoulder. The family insists Craig shot himself while cleaning his gun, but Drue has never known a man to clean his gun at eleven o'clock at night. She calls on Sarah Keate, whose nursing skill is matched only by her deductive reasoning, to unravel the mystery. When Sarah arrives at the Brent house, Craig is in a drugged sleep. If he is ever to awake, the nurses must unmask the killer in his family. show lessTags
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not bad really. but one does wonder why people don't just tell the truth. the mystery really is to figure out who's lying or hiding something and why. they never seem to feel guilty that because they weren't truthful 3 other people died!
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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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- Canonical title
- Wolf in Man's Clothing
- Original title
- Wolf in Man's Clothing
- Original publication date
- 1942
- People/Characters
- Sarah Keate; Drue Cable; Craig Brent; Conrad Brent; Alexia Brent; Nicky Senour (show all 12); Peter Huber; Claud Chivery; Maud Chivery; Lieutenant Nugent; Anna Haub; Beevens
- Important places
- The Berkshires, Massachusetts, USA
- Important events
- World War II
- First words
- Anna Haub opened the door, and at the same time, for me, opened the door upon murder.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)To a happier and better world.
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- Languages
- English, German, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 7
