Murder crossed
1996Clara Gamadge (Fictitious character)FictionMysteryGamadge, clara (fictitious character), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths
0.0
Open LibraryAbout this book
It's been a long time since Clara Gamadge's school days, but forever young at heart she still has close ties to the old gang and her alma mater, Woolcott Academy. Springtime on campus is usually a time of winding down and wrapping up until suddenly murder and suspense are the only subjects on anyone's mind. Usually when Clara receives a note from Louise Littleton, Wolcott's youthful and sprightly headmistress, it's just to keep in touch, but this time it concerns mysterious circumstances. Margo Llewelyn, formerly an Academy charity student, now a movie star of former and fading glory, has arrived at Wolcott's doorsteps in desperate straits. In a panic, she begs Louise to accept her three little girls as boarding students so she can immediately get out of the country. Louise has encountered parents anxious to part with their children before but this seemed especially odd. When a dead body breaks up commencement ceremonies it's time for Clara Gamadge to put the pieces together. What misfortune had caused Margo's shining star to sink so low? Would more blood tarnish Wolcott's ivy-covered walls? Only a super sleuth like Clara could sift through the avarice, the malice and the motives to solve a murder like this and save the good name of her beloved Wolcott Academy too.
Themes & subjects
Clara Gamadge (Fictitious character)FictionMysteryGamadge, clara (fictitious character), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths
First published 1996About the author
Eleanor Boylan
1916 – 2007
Eleanor Boylan was the creator of the Clara Gamadge mystery series. Clara first appeared in the Henry Gamadge mystery series, written by Boylan's aunt, mystery writer Elizabeth Daly, and published in the 1940s and 1950s. When Clara appeared in *Working Murder* (1986), the first novel in Boylan's series, she was widowed and honored to take over her husband's role as an innovative crime-solver. Boylan had been penning her novels since the 1950s and over the years, her short fiction was featured in “Ellery Queen” and “Alfred Hitchcock” mystery magazines and in “Yankee Magazine.” Aside from her writing, she was also a professional puppeteer. Her children's book *How to Be a Puppeteer* would be…
Reviews
No reviews yet — be the first to write one from the Log screen.
Quotes
No quotes yet.
![The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6717853-M.jpg#w=1280)
![His Last Bow [8 stories]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8243267-M.jpg#w=1280)
