WHEN A PHOTO SHOOT TURNS DEADLY, JEFF AND HAILA TROY LAUNCH ANOTHER MADCAP INVESTIGATION IN THIS 1941 COMEDY-MYSTERY CLASSIC BY THE EDGAR AWARD WINNING KELLEY ROOS.
"Moves swiftly and wittily to a surprise twist in the closing pages." The Indiana PA Countian
New bride Haila is eagerly waiting by the phone for her new husband Jeff to call and tell her if he got a new job or not - after losing his in the aftermath of their first adventure in the detecting line, which resulted in his job in advertising and its concomitant income.
Her friend Julie, a model, turns up blurting out something about a frightening encounter with an unseen man in a darkroom during a photo shoot.
After waiting longer for Jeff's call, Haila sets out on her own for the photo shoot - which turns out to be an upscale session showcasing a "vedy" pricey set of silverware complete with haughty dowager from the top most level of New York Society.
And Haila hasn't been there long when she opens a door and spies one of the knives from the set protruding from the back of said dowager.
From there its another zany, madcap mystery from the pen of those Edgar Award Winning writers collectively known as Kelley Roos.
"Haila is included in the list of suspects, along with a professional model whose private life was such a mystery, plus the photographer's wife, Erika, who was also the dead woman's niece and inherited several million at her death, a novelty dancer who had one time been Erika's a protege, and finally the photographer himself who was suspected of having received a windfall from the dead woman a few days before the murder. All around various New York night clubs apartments and hotels Jeff and Haila searched for some clue to link the murderer with his crimes. Well sustained, with no let-down In pace or in plot. We thoroughly approve Haila and Jeff Troy." El Paso TX Times
