This was another book I bought for its cover--and I found a tightly plotted, suspense-filled little murder mystery inside. It kept me guessing who the guilty party was and worrying about the innocent suspects, right until the very end. That's exactly what I look for in a whodunnit!Sheriff Ferguson found plenty of skeletons in the closet in the new Dellwood houses--who was prim Miss Silvester's midnight visitor? Why was Mr Holden terrified of his wife? Where was tight lipped Mr Arthur's grandfather on the night of the murder? How did the crippled Dronk boy fit into the picture???And why was everyone so anxious not to talk?????
One thing about that cover, though. If the young lady on the cover is meant to be the murder victim (and that seems the logical inference) then the artist got it wrong. The victim was meant to be a fifteen-year old girl wearing capri pants. Maybe that wasn't glamorous enough for the publisher!
