A classic English-style detection mystery set in New England in the 1950s--by "the grand dame of science fiction" (Life) and legendary talent Grace Allen Hogarth. When librarian and writer Frederika Wing finds a dead body in the hammock next to Miss Hartwell's small bookshop, it's not long before the sleepy little town is filled with hostile residents--who all seem to be hiding something.
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A classic English-style detection mystery set in New England in the 1950s--by "the grand dame of science fiction" (Life) and legendary talent Grace Allen Hogarth. When librarian and writer Frederika Wing finds a dead body in the hammock next to Miss Hartwell's small bookshop, it's not long before the sleepy little town is filled with hostile residents--who all seem to be hiding something.