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Julius Minary, a Great Lakes shipping tycoon, has died, and his extended family mourns his absence. His successful business will continue under the leadership of his heirs. But when his son, Reg, returns from postwar Europe married to an older French woman, chaos ensues.
Seemingly cowed by his wife, Reg lets her take control over her new domain, firing the servants and ousting Reg's beloved stepsister, their longtime housekeeper, and her son from the Chicago mansion. Just when she turns her eyes to the family enterprise, Reg is shot. The police suspect it's a random holdup, until the recent turmoil comes to light. And what should have been a healing reunion turns into an orgy of suspicion, backstabbing, and even broken hearts.
A killer stalks the foggy Chicago streets with only one motive: sinking the Minary family for good.
Praise for the writing of Mignon G. Eberhart
"Mignon Eberhart's name on mysteries is like sterling on silver." — The Miami News
"Pervaded by the atmosphere of horror and suspense that invariably marks the work of Mignon G. Eberhart." — The New York Times on Death in the Fog
"For romantic suspense, you can't beat Mignon Eberhart." — New York Herald Tribune
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About the author
Before Agatha Christie ever published a Miss Marple novel, Eberhart wrote romantic crime fiction with female leads. Eight of her books, including While the Patient Slept and Hasty Wedding (1938), were adapted for film. Elected a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master in 1971, Eberhart continued publishing roughly a book a year until the 1980s. Her final novel, Three Days for Emeralds, was published in 1988.
