I received a letter from Malinda asking for help. She is trying to identify an author of a mystery series who she read several years ago – with an Arsenic and Old Lace type-of-theme going. (By the way, if you haven’t seen this Cary Grant movie that Frank Capra directed in 1941, but which wasn’t released until 1944 >>> try to!)
“My real question… is:
Many years ago, when I first began reading mysteries, I read a book about a couple of elderly sisters who used herbs to kill people who “deserved to die.” It was similar to the Wives’ Club and Arsenic and Old Lace, but none of those are the correct ones.
Do you have ANY IDEA???
Any help you can give, suggestions… will be appreciated.
Thanks!
Malinda”
Since I have had such a great success rate when asking for your help before, I decided to give this question a try!
Thank you all for your help in the past, and in the future!
Petie says
I wish someone would come up with the answer – it sounds like one for my collection!
Sue says
This is the closest I can find:
The tea-Olive Bird Watching Society: a novel
Author:Augusta Trobaugh
In a modern tale based on the classic film, Arsenic and Old Lace, the women of a small town’s bird-watching society secretly plot to murder a member’s husband who tricked his wife into marriage in order to steal her land for a development project.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thank you so much, Sue, for the help. I hope that it turns out to be the author Malinda was looking for.