Next of Kin

A young heiress turns amateur sleuth when a politician-the brother of the man she loves-is murdered in this Golden age mystery from an Edgar Award winner. A former senator up for a prestigious cabinet appointment, Stuart Channing had everything to live for power, influence, a beautiful wife. So when he's found dead behind the locked door of his study, everyone, from the public to the police, is perplexed. With a party in full swing just hours earlier, there is no end of suspects. Late to the party, Mady Smith arrives on the arm of Hill "e;Chan"e; Channing, the senator's brother with whom she's been secretly in love. Mady is stunned by the death of the senator, a man she admired and hoped to work for. Instead, she assigns herself the job of finding the murderer a task that becomes even more treacherous when the grieving widow makes a play for Chan. Now if only Mady could get to the truth, before the killer gets her. Praise for Mignon Eberhart"e;Eberhart is one of the great ladies of twentieth-century mystery fiction."e; John Jakes, author of the North and South Trilogy"e;One of America's favorite writers."e; Mary Higgins Clark