Lillian O'Donnell

On several cruises the passengers of a luxury liner have had their jewelry stolen. So New York private eye Gwenn Ramadge is hired to take a cruise to unmask the thief. As the ship steams towards the Pacific, via the Panama Canal, Gwenn is caught up in the murder of a rich heiress. By the author of The Raggedy Man.

Frustrated by the New York police department's impotence in controlling crime and bringing criminals to justice, and jarred by personal tragedy, Norah Mulcahaney flees to the small town of York Crossing, Pennsylvania. When she witnesses the abduction of a beautiful young girl whose broken body is found in a quarry ditch the next day, Norah--without the usual backup of her fellow police officers--investigates, digging into the lives and lies of the...