Nurse in Jeopardy — Adelaide Humphries

After two years of dating Dan Wetherby and getting nowhere, Dolores Saunders realized that Dan's family commitments were stronger than his feeling for her. Rather than remain in the big-city hospital in North Carolina where she was employed, Dolores decided to make a total break and take a post at Head Supervisor in a small Southern convalescent home. Her hope was that this would enable her to recoup her pride and get a fresh slant on life.

Her first few days at the Home were slightly unsettling. Miss Nettie and Miss Quinne, two elderly nurses, clearly resented her presence and questioned her ability. Dark-haired, hot-tempered Dervin Kelly, a lawyer whose car became entangled with a young boy's motorcycle, also voiced his doubt that such a young nurse could handle her responsibilities. And what was the meaning of the anonymous note shoved under her hotel-room door, warning her to leave town before it was too late?

Bur red-haired Dolores was not to be daunted by such things. She had fallen in love with the charming village of Brookville with its oak trees, its one main street, and The Mountain -- an area up in the hills that overlooked the town and its sparkling blue lake -- and she was determined to make the best of it. But that was before the brakes of her car gave away unexpectedly, and before the mysterious phone call threatening her life…