Rather Cool for Mayhem

On his return home from Europe, a World War II veteran gets an invitation to a murder in this Golden Age mystery from the Edgar Awardwinning author. Once a crack reporter/photographer team, a quarreland the Second World Warhave kept journalists Jim Lawrence and Grace Boyd apart. Making up for lost time, the old friends head up to Graces Ramapo Mountain cabin after Jim returns to New York City. But their solitary weekend at Blindmans Lake is immediately crashed by carloads of friends who have been invited for cocktails by telegrams that Grace didnt send. Among the unexpected guests is a dead body. The murder victim is none other than Dr. Norman, one of two men Grace considered marrying. In her circle of friends there is no shortage of suspects, for the departed doctor was known for a cruel streak a mile wide. As the party attendees are sequestered and questioned by the police at a nearby inn, Jim...