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The listening house / Mabel Seeley.
Record details
- ISBN: 059333454X
- ISBN: 9780593334546
- ISBN: 059333454X : PAP
- ISBN: 9780593334546 : PAP
- ISBN: 9780593334546
- ISBN: 059333454X
- ISBN: 9780593334546
- ISBN: 059333454X
- Physical Description: pages cm
- Edition: Berkley Prime Crime trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2021.
- Copyright: ©1938
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | "Down-and-out in the Great Depression, Gwynne Dacres moves into a seedy-and-sinister boardinghouse, where she exposes deadly secrets in this classic mystery by Mabel Seeley. After losing her copywriting job, young Gwynne Dacres seeks a place to live when she stumbles upon Mrs. Garr's old boardinghouse. Despite the gruff landlady and an assortment of shifty tenants, Gwynne rents a room for herself. She spends her first few nights at 593 Trent Street tensely awake, the house creaking and groaning as if listening to everything that happens behind its closed doors. A chain of chilling events leads to the gruesome discovery of a mutilated body in the basement kitchen, dead of unknown circumstances. Was it an accident or murder? Under the red-black brick facade of the old house on Trent Street, Gwynne uncovers a myriad of secrets, blackmail, corruption, and clues of a wicked past. As she closes in on the truth, the cold, pale hands of death reach for Gwynne in the night. . . "-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Genre: | Mystery fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumb Memorial Library - Shelton | MYS SEELEY (Text) | 34025144099782 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
The Listening House
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The Listening House
After losing her copywriting job, young Gwynne Dacres moves into the seedy and boarding house run by Mrs. Garr. A chain of chilling events leads to the gruesome discovery of a mutilated body in the basement kitchen, dead of unknown circumstances. Was it an accident or murder? Under the red-black brick facade of the old house on Trent Street, Gwynne uncovers a myriad of secrets, blackmail, corruption, and clues of a wicked past. As she closes in on the truth, the cold, pale hands of death reach for Gwynne in the night... A reissue of the classic mystery by the 'mistress of mystery'.
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