Can any of her accusations be believed?
Young Dr. Roberts may be a newcomer to Sour Springs, but he has been cordially received by the townspeople?especially the ladies. But the new doctor is in for a shock when one of his lady patients informs him she is being poisoned.
Miss Emily Harris is a notorious hypochondriac, and her longtime physician Dr. Dunton advises Dr. Roberts not to worry. Yet for some reason Dr. Roberts is still uneasy.
When Miss Harris accuses her young cousin and companion of theft, neither Dr. Roberts nor Sheriff Royal?or Mrs. Meade, to whom the sheriff appeals for help with this very domestic problem?knows what to make of it. Which crimes are real, and which are merely Miss Harris' imagination? And just who did take the missing jewelry?
If you're a fan of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and Anna Katharine Green's Miss Amelia Butterworth, you'll love these short cozy historical mysteries set in the mountain West of the Edwardian era, with a clever lady sleuth to apply her wits to its puzzles.
