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Name Your Poison by Helen Reilly, an Inspector McKee Mystery<br><br>As McKee follows the trail of a very ambitious poisoner, he finds the next victim on her way from a Connecticut mansion…stuffed in a trunk. <br><br>"Svelte story…The gentle Scot, McKee, gets at the truth after many consequences. [Reilly's] smooth, romantic manner always pleases."—Kirkus Reviews<br>"The best Inspector McKee mystery yet! Highly emotional, intricately plotted, and tough to guess." –New York Herald<br>"Verdict: Satisfying"—The Saturday Review of Literature<br><br>From the cover:<br>– An unwelcome box of orange blossoms…a syllable uttered by a dying woman…A leopard-skin coat worn by a messenger of death…a pearl button in a tiny pool of melted snow… A nearly empty coca-cola bottle…A blue wool thread at the bottom of a flight of stairs…A series of cork-tipped Egyptian cigarettes…A snatch of music between the gusts of a snowstorm… A golden box with very deadly contents<br>– A shabby old trunk with very dead contents…a telephone call from a murderer…A single galosh half buried in the snow…A blank sheet of paper showing some curious embossings…a spent bullet in the fold of a shirt…<br><br>Wouldn't You Like To Know—<br>– Why Mouse was crying dreadfully in the night?<br>– Who sent her the box of orange blossoms?<br>– What was on the card she tore up and burned?<br>– What caused the peculiar gathering of forces at the Biltmore?<br>– What was behind the four mysterious and meaningless deaths by poison?<br>– What caused the dark fear which gnawed at Julie?<br>– Who was in the living-room when Julie listened at the door?<br>– What Rosetta Westing was doing in Brian's garage?<br>– Why the elegant Conroy was stopping at a shabby roadhouse in Easton?<br>– Who tried to climb in Julie's window?<br>– What was the significance of Julie's sinister dream?<br><br>You will learn the answers to these questions in the unfolding of one of the grimmest and most perplexing manhunts in Inspector McKee's spectacular career.