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The Detective Book Club: The Rembrandt panel; A Pint of murder; Twelve deaths of Christmas
The Detective Book Club The Rembrandt panel A Pint of murder Twelve deaths of Christmas Author:Oliver Banks, Alisa Craig, Marian Babson 1. The Rembrandt panel by Oliver Banks (c)1980: The combination of art world background and a plot involving art theft as well as murder makes Banks' Boston story very readable. After two murders: one of a runner or scout for dealers, and the other of a pleasant gallery owner who prides himself on his integrity, the police turn the case over to ... more »Amos Hatcher, an expert investigator of problems in the art world. He, with the help of Sheila Woods, friend and assistant of the gallery owner, gets busy investigating. They consult experts, get into dangerous trouble, fall in love, and finally come up with the solution. 2: A Pint of murder by Alisa Craig (c)1980: Alisa Craig, psuedonym for Charlotte MacLeod, has place her story in the little Canadian village of Pitcherville. The local sheriff, mostly concerned with his garage business, calls for help from the Canadian Mounties after elderly Agatha Treadway dies from poison, the town doctor is killed, and two people connected with the victims are nearly killed in an fire. The town is frightened and before it is straightened out there are more deaths & mysterious disappearances. 3: Twelve deaths of Christmas by Marian Babson (c)1980: The author pictures a person whose name the reader doesn't know, who lives with a group of people in a London boarding house. This person suffers from spells of dreadful headaches and a feeling of fancied persecution, though fellow borders see only a fussy older person who is rather solitary and often withdrawn. Several weeks before Christmas, a peculiar kind of "crime wave" seems to be sweeping London shen a number of murder victims turn up without any visible connection. The climax to this plot comes on Christmas Day at a party given by the landlady.« less