On a Caribbean cruise with her older husband, Honey is convinced that the man in the next cabin plans to murder his wife. But why wouldn't anyone believe her? And why has her own husband turned against her?

An investigation into a suicide leads to an investigation of murder. Holding's rarest mystery. First published in 1937.

THE UNFINISHED CRIME

Andrew Branscombe has been courting Hilda Patrell in his old-fashioned, priggish way. He doesn't realize that, though separated from her husband, she is still married. So when Charles Patrell returns and begins to interfere with his plans, Andrew accidentally kills him in a fit of rage and fear. At first panicked, his terror turns to exhilaration as he realizes that he can get away with the deed. All he has to do is keep everyone from the truth.

First there is his sister Eva, who is trusting enough to believe everything he tells her. And...

SPEAK OF THE DEVIL

When Karen Peterson first meets Mr. Fernandez on the cruise ship, he is so charming. Still, when he offers her a job as hostess at his new island hotel, she accepts with a great deal of reluctance. After all, charm can hide a multitude of flaws. And when she meets her predecessor, the very young and headstrong Cecily, Miss Peterson is sure that she seems more than a mere employee. Even the guests have their secrets--Mrs. Fish tells her that she is looking for her husband's murderer at the hotel.

But that first night Cecily surprises them...

With a beautiful country guesthouse for background, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding draws the reader into the sinister web of fear and terror that holds the occupants of the house in its grasp. Van Cleef, the detective, becomes one of the central characters in a charming romance which affords him some relief from the horrible chain of events which follows.

KILL JOY

People call her a goody-goody, but Maggie just wants to do the right thing. Perhaps she shouldn't have left the comfortable employ at the Camford house, but Miss Dolly was so insistent that she needed Maggie to accompany her as her new secretary. But why did they need to leave in the middle of the night? When they arrive at their secretive destination, it's nothing but a rather decrepit cottage by a lake--and occupied by two men, the artist Neely and his inebriated companion, Johnny Cassidy. This wouldn't do

The next morning Miss Dolly's lawyer,...