The Scarlet Circle - Jonathan Stagge

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Résumé :
On holiday on the New England coast, Hugh Westlake is enjoying the sun, the sea and the fishing. It being September, the inn where he's staying is almost empty. The peace is shattered when a woman's body is found strangled on the beach, with a red circle drawn around a mole on her face. The morbid scene becomes more so when she's identified as the governess of a family staying at the inn. Hugh gets drafted by local police to help with the investigation. He uncovers dysfunctional parents, a creepy mortician, a handsome lifeguard and a woman painter-all with secrets to hide. Not to mention local legends. When another woman is murdered, with a mole circled, Hugh realizes he must tie up the loose ends of crimes past and present to net a most diabolical killer....

Biographie:
Jonathan Stagge was one of the pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler (1912-1987), Richard Wilson Webb (1901-1966), Martha Mott Kelley (1906-2005), and Mary Louise White Aswell (1902-1984) wrote detective fiction. Most of the stories were written together by Webb and Wheeler, or by Wheeler alone. Their best-known creation is amateur sleuth Peter Duluth. In 1963, the story collection The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow was given a Special Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America....

Sommaire:
On vacation with his daughter on the New England coast, Dr. Hugh Westlake is enjoying the sun, the sea, and the fishing. It being September, the inn where they're staying is almost empty, except for a few other guests. But the peace is shattered when a woman's body is found strangled on the beach, with a red circle drawn around a mole on her face. The morbid scene becomes more so when she's identified as the governess of a family staying at the inn. Hugh gets drafted by local law enforcement to help with the investigation. He uncovers dysfunctional parents, a creepy mortician, a handsome lifeguard, and a woman painter—...