FIRST BOOKS: Death Whispers - Joseph B. Carr

THE STORY: Jennifer Crump, RN is hired to care for Roderick Myncheon who is recuperating from a car accident that has left him with a fractured skull and contusions. Within hours of starting her new job Myncheon is shot dead in his bedroom. It's a somewhat impossible crime for there are two people near the victim's bed when the shot is fired yet neither could have fired the gun. And no gun is found in the room. It seems that someone from outside the house fired the gun then escaped by climbing down a tree near the bedroom window. But no one is seen when they look for the shooter. And no footprints are found below the tree. Almost instantly Oceola Archer, private detective, appears on the scene. He has been hired to look into some missing money and he fortuitously steps in to investigate the murder. Before Archer can unmask the sly killer one of the Mycheons will disappear, an attempted murder will take place, and one more death will occur.THE CHARACTERS: Death Whispers (1933) is the…

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