The Applegreen Cat — Frances Crane

Pat and Jean Abbott are in Britain in this World War II murder mystery.

“I was being watched!”

“The room was black and the light switch didn't work. I moved towards the table. I could feel the eyes boring into me. Where was Pat? Or was I too late? Then I saw the dark shape between me and the door. I was trapped. I lost my head and ran. Suddenly there was a flash of light and the roar of a gun…”

Jean and Pat Abbott, famous detective team, were weekend guests at Stephen Heywards' country house -- a house seething with menace and intrigue. Chief troublemaker was Lorna Erickson, whose stunning beauty and feline malice made her unanimously feared and hated. Then murder struck at a harmless servant girl, and Jean Abbott, who had by chance overheard a strange conversation, became the next target of a desperate killer.