Scandal in Fair Haven
By (Author) Carolyn G. Hart
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
31st March 1999
United States
General
Fiction
FIC
Short-listed for Agatha Awards (Novel) 1994
Paperback
352
Width 105mm, Height 172mm, Spine 19mm
198g
Cheers for Henrie O, an intelligent, engaging sleuth!Mary Higgins Clark
Henrie O is looking forward to a quiet holiday. Instead, the ex-journalist turned sleuth awakens in a Tennessee mountain cabin to discover her friends nephew, his shirt stained with blood, his handsome face stricken by fear and horror.
Craig Matthews swears he didnt kill his wife, swears he didnt lure Patty Kay out to the playhouse of their lavish Fair Haven estate and leave her bloodied and dead. Why, then did he run away Its a question that draws Henrie O into the thick of a life-and-death drama, into the lives of Fair Havens best families, and into a world where wealth and privilege mask a hotbed of sex, lies, and desperation.
Only when Henrie O begins to question the motives of the bereaved widower, the sullen nymphet of a daughter, the irresistible ex-husband, the venomous sister, even the ingratiating schoolmaster of the exclusive school where Patty Kay was a trustee, does the truth start to emerge.But when another corpse turns up, Henrie O knows time is running out. Now she must untangle this deadly webor become the next victim of a mind bent on murder.
An accomplished master of mystery, Carolyn Hart is the New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty-five novels of mystery and suspense including the Bailey Ruth Ghost Novels and the Death on Demand Mysteries. Her books have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. She has also been honored with the Amelia Award for significant contributions to the traditional mystery from Malice Domestic and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, Hart lives in Oklahoma City, where she enjoys mysteries, walking in the park, and cats. She and her husband, Phil, serve as staffcat owners will understandto brother and sister brown tabbies.