Name Your Poison

Name Your Poison by Helen Reilly, an Inspector McKee Mystery<br><br>As McKee follows the trail of a very ambitious poisoner, he finds the next victim on her way from a Connecticut mansion…stuffed in a trunk. <br><br>&quot;Svelte story…The gentle Scot, McKee, gets at the truth after many consequences. [Reilly&#39;s] smooth, romantic manner always pleases.&quot;&mdash;Kirkus Reviews<br>&quot;The best Inspector McKee mystery yet! Highly emotional, intricately plotted, and tough to guess.&quot; &ndash;New York Herald<br>&quot;Verdict: Satisfying&quot;&mdash;The Saturday Review of Literature<br><br>From the cover:<br>– An unwelcome box of orange blossoms…a syllable uttered by a dying woman…A leopard-skin coat worn by a messenger of death…a pearl button in a tiny pool of melted snow… A nearly empty coca-cola bottle…A blue wool thread at the bottom of a flight of stairs…A series of cork-tipped Egyptian cigarettes…A snatch of music between the gusts of a snowstorm… A golden box with very deadly contents<br>– A shabby old trunk with very dead contents…a telephone call from a murderer…A single galosh half buried in the snow…A blank sheet of paper showing some curious embossings…a spent bullet in the fold of a shirt…<br><br>Wouldn&#39;t You Like To Know&mdash;<br>– Why Mouse was crying dreadfully in the night?<br>– Who sent her the box of orange blossoms?<br>– What was on the card she tore up and burned?<br>– What caused the peculiar gathering of forces at the Biltmore?<br>– What was behind the four mysterious and meaningless deaths by poison?<br>– What caused the dark fear which gnawed at Julie?<br>– Who was in the living-room when Julie listened at the door?<br>– What Rosetta Westing was doing in Brian&#39;s garage?<br>– Why the elegant Conroy was stopping at a shabby roadhouse in Easton?<br>– Who tried to climb in Julie&#39;s window?<br>– What was the significance of Julie&#39;s sinister dream?<br><br>You will learn the answers to these questions in the unfolding of one of the grimmest and most perplexing manhunts in Inspector McKee&#39;s spectacular career.