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Working Murder

Working Murder

by Eleanor Boylan

1989Large type booksGamadge, clara (fictitious character), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, women sleuthsClara Gamadge (Fictitious character)Fiction
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Clara Gamadge puts down the phone with a tremor of excitement. Only a year ago that call would have come to her husband, gifted sleuth Henry Gamadge. Now Henry is dead, and Clara is summoned to deal with the latest convulsion in an old family tragedy. Haunted by the never-explained disappearance fifty years ago of her lovely daughter, Ellen, Clara's Aunt May ignores a kindly anonymous letter advising her to let Ellen rest, or live, in peace - and suddenly dies. And so begins Clara's first solo case, a tragic, twisting tale that winds far into the past - back to Prohibition, bitter family feuds, secret love affairs, and a cherished, laughing girl.

Themes & subjects

Large type booksGamadge, clara (fictitious character), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, women sleuthsClara Gamadge (Fictitious character)Fiction
First published 1989

Setting

1980s

About 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…

Author

Eleanor Boylan

First published

1989

Pages

166

Read time

≈ 4h

Editions

13

Language

English

Publisher

Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

ISBN

9780759231634

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