Creeps Suzette
Bok av Mary Daheim
The off-season blahs, a pyromaniacal mom, and a recently retired husband who is constantly underfoot have poor Judith McMonigle Flynn going stir crazy at Hillside Manor. So the harried RB hostess leaps at cousin Renie's suggestion that Judith accompany her to Creepersthe stately estate of kindly old Leota Burgess. The wealthy senior is certain that someone is determined to do her in for moneymost likely one of her disreputable relativesand Judith and Renie have agreed to look into her allegations. And when they stumble upon Leota's bruised but still breathing body at the foot of the grand staircase, they realize the old lady's fears may be well-founded. But the decidedly dead corpse lying on top of Leotahis head bashed flatter than the proverbial French pancakesuggests that there's more to these homicidal doings than meets the eye. And now it's up to the cousins to follow the clues to the creep who's creeping around Creepers with murder on the mind.