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A grande dame is buried-but the truth must be unearthed.
Thanks to an illness in the family, Jean Holly is staying in her hometown of Elm Hill, Illinois, for a bit. Her cousin just happens to live next door to Fabian House, home of Mrs. Lake, the richest and most powerful woman in town. When Mrs. Lake dies suddenly, it's ascribed to a known heart condition. But Patrick Abbott, passing through Elm Hill on his way to Washington, becomes suspicious...
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A San Francisco couple sorts through scandals to find a killer in this classic mystery starring "one of the more interesting married teams of detectives" (Thrilling Detective).
Pat and Jean Abbott's new San Francisco neighbors give new meaning to the term dysfunctional family. And now, amid the mess of exes, stepchildren, rivalries, and resentments, there's been a tragic death-little Lisa, a vulnerable ten-year-old, has fatally overdosed on cough...
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A family gathering and a body on the beach keep the sleuthing couple busy in this tale.
Pat and Jean Abbott are in lovely Laguna Beach, invited to visit some distant relatives at the Black Cypress estate. But the invitation is more professional than personal, since Pat is a PI and family member Enid Ponsonby appears to be targeted by a killer. Whether her disagreeable personality has anything to do with it remains to be seen-but in the meanwhile,...
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In wartime New Orleans, a crime-solving couple looks into an heiress's death in a tale of "family skeletons, bittersweet romance, and [deft] sleuthing" (Saturday Review).
Marine Lt. Pat Abbott is currently stateside, posted in New Orleans, where the French Quarter is packed with wartime crowds seeking a bit of entertainment. But when Jean finds a body at the home of the prominent old Creole family with whom the couple is staying, Pat must return...
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A young couple and their dachshund star in a stylish San Francisco—set Golden Age mystery of "high ingenuity" (The New York Times).
Jack Ivers, a man-about-town with a taste for rich women, has been found dead in his bed. What's particularly odd is that the chief suspect, a surgeon's fashionable wife, claims that she spotted thirteen red tulips upon entering the victim's home-that were somehow replaced with thirteen white tulips by the time she...
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A PI and his wife just want some fun at the Kentucky Derby-but murder is a horse of a different color . . .
Private investigator Pat Abbott and his wife, Jean, are looking forwarding to seeing Pat's old World War II buddy and taking in the splendor of the Kentucky Derby-but they didn't bet on murder. When Pat's friend, Dr. Seth Godwin, tells them about the death of one of his patients, a self-destructive alcoholic whose estranged wife is accused...
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After a body is found on a Florida fishing boat, a vacationing PI and his wife must cast a wide net . . .
After Capt. Cy Martingale's boat is docked in Key West, a passenger is left behind-not just dead drunk, but dead. Pat and Jean Abbott are in town for some rest and relaxation, but the captain is a friend and he wants their help. Unfortunately, what he wants help with is getting rid of the body, since he doesn't really trust the local police.
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As World War II rages, a newlywed PI must engage in some detection before his deployment . . .
Pat Abbott has put aside his work as a private detective to serve his country as a marine in World War II-though more presently, he's sneaking in a quick New York honeymoon with his beloved brand-new wife, Jean. But because of the war, many of his old acquaintances are reluctantly returning from Paris-and one of them is now suspected of murder.
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In this mystery filled with "lively and exciting doings," a PI in 1940s San Francisco tries to determine whether a beautiful woman is being framed (The New York Times).
Corpses have been turning up with yellow violets accompanying them, and the clue seems to point to a Spanish performer who is in town with her dachshund, Pancho. But private detective Pat Abbott suspects the plants were a plant-and now he's juggling the murders with a missing person...
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During a blizzard, a New Mexico ranch hosts "a poisonous lady of the manor . . . a puritanical spinster, an alluring secretary, and a succession of violent deaths" (Kirkus Reviews).
While investigating a deadly automobile accident in New Mexico, Pat and Jean Abbott are trapped at the Ruby X Ranch by an unexpected snowstorm, along with the ranch owner and his family, the local sheriff, a pretty secretary, and a Navajo chauffeur. But not all of...
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A marine home on leave from WWII "does a first-class job of detecting" in this tale of puzzling murders and misleading clues (The New York Times).
An injured Pat Abbott is back in New Mexico with his wife, Jean, while he recovers from his war wounds, but he's still fighting-to find a killer, or possibly more than one.
After one of the couple's friends, Ray, was found dead at the bottom of a canyon, rumors started swirling. He'd recently shocked...
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A witty whodunit set in WWII England starring "one of the more interesting married teams of detectives...A sort of globetrotting Nick and Nora" (Thrilling Detective).
While in England, Pat and Jean Abbott are focused on contributing to the war effort in whatever way they can, but they don't mind taking a weekend to join some other American expats at the country home of advertising man Steve Hayward and his wife. But before much fun can be had, a...
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Did she jump-or was she jumped? A sleuthing couple looks into the disappearance of a young woman on the Golden Gate Bridge...
An abandoned car on the Golden Gate Bridge usually carries the sad suggestion of suicide. But after Pat and Jean Abbott spot the car in the fog and learn that it belongs to a friend's niece, Katie Spinner, they begin to suspect that she is not in a watery grave but in the clutches of a kidnapper.
When one of Katie's friends-who...
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The Abbotts travel to Texas and their dachshund finds a dead body in a mystery starring "one of the more interesting married teams of detectives" (Thrilling Detective).
When Jean Abbott arrives in Dallas to join her private investigator husband, Pat, she's disappointed to discover that their dog, Pancho, is not welcome at the hotel. She finds a temporary place for him with the daughter of Pat's wealthy client, oilman Iles Dollahan. Then little...
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During a stay in Kentucky horse country, a husband-and-wife detective team race to find a killer...
PI Pat Abbott and his wife, Jean, are vacationing in Kentucky horse country and visiting Pat's old friend Rob Murray, who lives there with his sister and daughter. But when Rob's trainer is found dead, Pat is willing to bet it's murder despite the local doctor's verdict of suicide. The quest to find the truth will involve a fainting blonde at the Abbotts'...