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The Iron Clew
(1947)(The Iron Hand)
(The eighth book in the Leonidas Witherall mystery series)A novel by Alice Tilton (Phoebe Atwood Taylor)
The Iron Clew - A Leonidas Witherall Mystery by Phoebe Atwood Taylor (as Alice Tilton)
"Wilder and more diverting experiences than those which befall Leonidas Witherall are seldom found anywhere except in books by Alice Tilton." - The New York Times
Leonidas Witherall, who is the splitting image of Bill Shakespeare, runs pell-mell into another amazing mystery, written in superlative humor-cum-homicide manner.
'Bill' Witherall is a mystery writer himself. In his housekeeper's "candied" opinion, his clews are too out of this world. So his next book is to begin with an innocent-looking brown paper package. This simple decision starts a chain of events in which the old octopus of fate puts out all eight tentacles. Even before Leonidas gets to his dinner engagement with Fenwick Balderston, the chase is on - with Leonidas both the pursuer and the pursued, on that surprising snowy night in Dalton, Framfield, and environs.
Balderston Hall ("If anyone ever thought of making an iron wedding cake, it would resemble this house") is the scene of unprecedented happenings, especially when the suspicious Dr. Fell arrives with his cheese. The clews, not all of them iron, appear in delightful confusion, together with a train of lively characters who help and hinder Leonidas in his Odyssey.
"No Witherall-ing on the vine here." - Kirkus
Also available by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Murder at the New York World's Fair
Beginning with a Bash (Leonidas Witherall)
The Cape Cod Mystery (Asey Mayo)
Three Plots for Asey Mayo
Punch with Care (Asey Mayo)
Diplomatic Corpse (Asey Mayo)
Genre: Mystery
"Wilder and more diverting experiences than those which befall Leonidas Witherall are seldom found anywhere except in books by Alice Tilton." - The New York Times
Leonidas Witherall, who is the splitting image of Bill Shakespeare, runs pell-mell into another amazing mystery, written in superlative humor-cum-homicide manner.
'Bill' Witherall is a mystery writer himself. In his housekeeper's "candied" opinion, his clews are too out of this world. So his next book is to begin with an innocent-looking brown paper package. This simple decision starts a chain of events in which the old octopus of fate puts out all eight tentacles. Even before Leonidas gets to his dinner engagement with Fenwick Balderston, the chase is on - with Leonidas both the pursuer and the pursued, on that surprising snowy night in Dalton, Framfield, and environs.
Balderston Hall ("If anyone ever thought of making an iron wedding cake, it would resemble this house") is the scene of unprecedented happenings, especially when the suspicious Dr. Fell arrives with his cheese. The clews, not all of them iron, appear in delightful confusion, together with a train of lively characters who help and hinder Leonidas in his Odyssey.
"No Witherall-ing on the vine here." - Kirkus
Also available by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Murder at the New York World's Fair
Beginning with a Bash (Leonidas Witherall)
The Cape Cod Mystery (Asey Mayo)
Three Plots for Asey Mayo
Punch with Care (Asey Mayo)
Diplomatic Corpse (Asey Mayo)
Genre: Mystery
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