Title: The Withdrawing Room No. in series: 2 Year of publication: 1980 Type of mystery: Murder Type of investigator: Amateur & semi-pro Setting & time: Boston, USA; 1970´s Story: Following the deaths of her husband and mother in law (see The Family Vault ), Sarah Kelling is stuck with 2 houses and 2 killer mortgages that may or may not be illegal, but it will take months or perhaps years to sort them out, so until then she is close to broke. Being a practical person and not as proud as her richer society relatives, she turns her townhouse into a boarding house, accepting only people with good references. Soon, however, one of her boarders is murdered, and another one soon afterwards. The case is solved with the help of a bag lady and Max Bittersohn, who has returned to the scene and rented a room in the house. Review: Some of what I wrote about the previous book in the series may be applied to this one as well, except the plotting is even more intricate. The author subtly...
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