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Reproduction of the original: The Sealed Valley by Hulbert Footner
Reproduction of the original: The Deaves Affair by Hulbert Footner
Sandra Cassells, a rich widow, has set up a home for ex-convicts, but her good intentions create a boiling cauldron of trouble, as passion, jealousy, and manipulation lead to murder. Amos Lee Mappin has no difficulty finding suspects and motives, and it quickly becomes obvious that no one is outside the scope of his investigation. But can he find the killer before more bodies show up?
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Reproduction of the original: The Sealed Valley by Hulbert Footner
"Easy to Kill" by Hulbert Footner is a crime novel that follows Madam Storey as she encounters crimes even on the cliffs of Newport. Finding herself in a battle of wits against a true sociopath, she learns that this criminal is one she shouldn't underestimate. Though she's a strong-willed and smart woman, she must wonder if it's possible that she might have finally met her match when it comes to crime-solving and prevention.
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The pursuit by a super-woman detective, Madame Rosika Storey, of a strongly organized band of criminals whose speciality is jewel robbery on a gigantic scale. Rosika, in disguise, first has herself sent to prison, then is helped to escape by the organization, who thereupon accept her into their midst as a probationary, apprentice member. The directing genius of the group does not appear in person till the end, when Rosika traps him, but oversees from afar the undertakings of his “operatives.” These latter he entrusts to the care of a fearful female Fagin who keeps house for them in a Greenwich Village den.