First published 1990
Mrs. Norris has worked as housekeeper for the Jarvis family since Jimmie was a boy, first for his father, a retired Army major general, and now helping Jimmie navigate his career as a Wall Street lawyer. When the son of an old client gets hit with a paternity suit, Teddy Adkins insists he never touched the woman. Mrs. Norris finds herself personally invested when her romantic interest Jasper Tully, chief investigator for the Manhattan DA, keeps canceling their dinner dates. A real estate magnate has been strangled in her Upper East Side apartment with jewelry stolen but no break-in. Tully discovers the killing matches a pattern of strangulations reaching back to the Midwest. Mrs. Norris conducts her own investigation and discovers the paternity case and the murders connect in ways that put her life at risk. The Scottish housekeeper must use all her street smarts to survive a killer who targets women across multiple states.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, found-family
Setting: Wall Street, Manhattan, Upper East Side
Period: 20th-century
Hardcover · Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C