{"product_id":"murder-a-la-richelieu-paperback","title":"Murder a la Richelieu - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnita Blackmon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Adelaide Adams, spinster and amateur sleuth, who is sometimes irreverently referred to by members of the younger generation as \"Old Battle-ax.\" As Miss Adams says: \"I was knitting in the lobby of the Hotel Richelieu the morning it all started. And not until it was forever too late did I recognize the tragic significance back of Polly Lawson's pink jabot and the Anthony woman's false eyelashes. And as I sat there knitting on my afghan there was nothing to warn me that it would serve as a shroud for a woman who was to die horribly at my feet. Nor at that time could any power on earth have convinced me that I should find myself late one terrible night, sans my dress and false hair, dangling from the eaves of the Richelieu Hotel in pursuit of a triple slayer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is easy to see that the situation at the Richelieu was not a simple one. However, Adelaide Adams, was hard to swerve from her purpose, and in the end her \"blundering\" -- as Officer Sweeney was wont to call it -- unveiled a murderer too clever by far for the conventional police.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fun book sure to appeal to fans of classic detective fiction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnita Blackmon Smith (1893-1943) was a prolific mystery author who published more than 1,000 short stories and a handful of novels. She wrote in the \"Had I But Known\" school. Her other novels include \"Her Private Devil,\" \"Handmade Rainbows,\" and \"There Is No Return\" (the second Adelaide Adams mystery).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717332832319,"sku":"9781479425983","price":24.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a2241ab9ed720c81c2bdf95b68d9f499.webp?v=1765078123","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/murder-a-la-richelieu-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}