Murder in Gray and White
By (Author) Corinne Holt Sawyer
Duckworth Books
Farrago
28th January 2025
10th October 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery: women sleuths
Comic (humorous) crime and mystery
Humorous fiction
Classic crime and mystery fiction
Paperback
304
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
It was the considered view of the elderly residents at the posh retirement community on the California coast that the death by stabbing of Mrs Amy Kinseth (only six weeks after her arrival) occasioned no great loss. There'd be no more of her tasteless display of jewellery, no more overtures of friendship suddenly withdrawn, no more doors slammed in other people's faces.
For Angela and Caledonia, live-wire veterans of an earlier murder investigation at Camden, the case offers a glorious opportunity to have some fun as they help their handsome detective friend, Lieutenant Martinez, with a bit of on-site snooping. It's soon clear that awful Amy had indeed been up to something fishy. And with the killer still on the scene, intrepid Angela may be the next victim...
'Two likable, feisty characters make their latest appearance... Sawyer writes with low-key charm and wit' - The State
'Crisp, amusing, and the characters delightfully Dickensian' - Publishers Weekly
Corinne Holt Sawyer was born in 1924. She gained a BA in Minnesota in 1945; and later a PhD at the University of Birmingham in the UK, where she lived during 1951-1958. For many years she worked in radio and television, serving as director of broadcasting at WNCT-TV in North Carolina. She also taught English at Clemson University. She is now one of the longest-term residents of a retirement community in Southern California.