Lady in Lilac

<p>It was a strange impersonation—one young girl with an air of dauntless gallantry assuming the name and personality of that other girl who was so done in so beaten in spirit! Begun half in jest and a dare this transition led the tired girl (she thought) to obscurity and quiet. It brought the adventurous one to a sumptuous room at the Waldorf a new lilac gown and dinner with a glamorous unknown escort. Before she knew it she had been brought face to face with grim Death where a man lay on the rug before her—a smoking gun in her hand and his blood staining the toe of her new lilac slipper. . . .</p><p>Here is a swift staccato mystery which moves with breathless pace and bewildering surprises.</p><p><em>Lady in Lilac </em>was the Red Badge Prize Mystery for 1941.</p><p>Additional mysteries available from CoachwhipBooks.com.</p>