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Death in Lilac Time by Frances Kirkwood Crane is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Private investigator Pat Abbott and his wife, Jean, are looking forwarding to seeing Pat’s old World War II buddy and taking in the splendor of the Kentucky Derby—but they didn’t bet on murder. When Pat’s friend, Dr. Seth Godwin, tells them about the death of one of his patients, a self-destructive alcoholic whose estranged wife is accused of slipping him some cyanide, duty calls once again. The victim’s family despises Jane Mallory—but what looks like a cut-and-dried case grows more complicated when the dead man’s will is read . . .About the Author: Frances Crane (1890–1981) was an American author and former writer for the New Yorker. She was invited to leave Nazi Germany in the late 1930s after writing a number of unfavorable articles about Hitler. After settling in Taos, New Mexico, Crane introduced private investigator Pat Abbott and his future wife Jean in her first novel, The Turquoise Shop (1941). The Abbotts investigated crimes in a total of twenty-six volumes, each with a color in the title, with settings around the country and globe.

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Author
Frances Kirkwood Crane
Publisher
Open Road Media
Published
2022
Language
EN
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Cozy Mysteries & Amateur Sleuths

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