An Ethel Thomas Detective Story
When a set of diaries containing shocking revelations about some of New York's social elite come into the hands of publisher Terry Lassimon he was at first unsure what to do with them. But when an attempt is made on his life, he turns to an old friend, Ethel Thomas for help and advice. Thomas, though a seventy-five year old spinster, is no stranger to murder, and the pair soon find themselves caught in a web of blackmail, intrigue and murder as they fight to survive the struggle for the control of the diaries.

An Ethel Thomas Detective Story
A little shoving and pushing on Sale Days at a major New York department store is not unusual, and murder is definitely something out of the ordinary. But when one of the buyers at Doane's Department Store is found dead at her desk it becomes a matter not just for the police, but for Miss Ethel Thomas, who, at seventy-five, becomes a most unlikely detective as she attempts to unravel not only the murder, but the mysterious losses that have been plaguing the store.
Are the two related? And if so, who is the culprit? Charlie Doane, the owner of the...

It started off as a publicity stunt, a short cruise to Catalina Island on the producer's yacht for some of the cast and crew of his next film, Blue Lagoon. But when the leading lady, the exotic Zara fails to come up after a dive off the yacht, the cause of death is found to be poison. Trapped on the yacht by a thick fog, it's up to Dean Mallory, mystery author and screen writer to solve the crime, knowing that one of the passengers is the murderer. But which one? Is it the leading man, the rival actress, the mysterious central casting "Rajah," the Russian, or even the producer? And was the...

An Ethel Thomas Detective Story
When someone, in a response to an approaching storm, said that it would be a good night for a murder, no one expected one to happen. But the residents of Hidden Harbor find themselves cut off from the mainland with electricity and telephones cut off and with one of their number dead in a bedroom at the Club House. Fortunately for the islanders, not one, but two women with experience in such matters and ties to the island are visiting when the storm hits; Abbie Abernathy a special investigator and Ethel Thomas, a spinster with a knack for solving murders....