In Grand Master of crime fiction Dorothy Salisbury Daviss second Mrs. Norris novel, which theNew York Timeshailed as tensely perplexing, the crimesolving Scottish housekeeper helps crack the case of a serial ladykillerAs housekeeper to James Jarviss recently deceased father, a retired major general of the US Army, Mrs. Norris has raised Jimmie since boyhood. Now the Wall Street lawyer faces a challenging case. The son of one of the firms old blueblood clients has been slapped with a paternity suit. But Teddy Adkins swears he never slept with the woman.Meanwhile, Mrs. Norris is miffed when her gentleman friend Jasper Tully, the widowed chief investigator for the Manhattan DAs office, cancels one dinner date after another because a real estate magnate has been found strangled in the bedroom of her Upper East Side apartment. Jewelry was stolen, but there are no signs of a breakin. Tullys investigation turns up a trail of strangulations that extends all the way to the Midwest. As Mrs. Norris pursues her own unorthodox investigation, she uncovers a shocking link between the cases that threatens her very life.A Gentleman Called,a finalist for the Mystery Writers of Americas Edgar Award,is the second novel in Dorothy Salisbury Daviss Mrs. Norris Mysteries, which also includeDeath of an Old Sinner,Old Sinners Never Die, and Mrs. Norris Observes, a short story in the collectionTales for a Stormy Night.

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