{"product_id":"a-gentleman-called-paperback","title":"A Gentleman Called - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Grand Master of crime fiction Dorothy Salisbury Davis's second Mrs. Norris novel, which the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e hailed as \"tensely perplexing,\" the crime-solving Scottish housekeeper helps crack the case of a serial lady-killer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs housekeeper to James Jarvis's recently deceased father, a retired major general of the US Army, Mrs. Norris has raised Jimmie since boyhood. Now the Wall Street lawyer faces a challenging case. The son of one of the firm's old blue-blood clients has been slapped with a paternity suit. But Teddy Adkins swears he never slept with the woman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, Mrs. Norris is miffed when her gentleman friend Jasper Tully, the widowed chief investigator for the Manhattan DA's office, cancels one dinner date after another because a real estate magnate has been found strangled in the bedroom of her Upper East Side apartment. Jewelry was stolen, but there are no signs of a break-in. Tully's investigation turns up a trail of strangulations that extends all the way to the Midwest. As Mrs. Norris pursues her own unorthodox investigation, she uncovers a shocking link between the cases that threatens her very life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Gentleman Called\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award, is the second novel in Dorothy Salisbury Davis's Mrs. Norris Mysteries, which also include \u003ci\u003eDeath of an Old Sinner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Old Sinners Never Die\u003c\/i\u003e, and \"Mrs. Norris Observes,\" a short story in the collection \u003ci\u003eTales for a Stormy Night\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67576357552351,"sku":"9781480460423","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/UX-w5ikE2Y9781480460423.webp?v=1790380320","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/a-gentleman-called-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}