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In the lush setting of mid‑twentieth‑century New York, *Murders in Volume 2* revisits a century‑old mystery within the affluent Vauregard household. A beautiful guest and a volume of Byron’s collected works vanished a hundred years earlier, only to reappear unaged.
Mr. Vauregard suspects his niece’s astral‑plane tale, but the family’s intricate dynamics—an aging actress linked to a spiritualist sect, a shy beauty with a troubled fiancé—complicate the case. Henry Gamadge, a gentleman‑sleuth and rare‑book expert, is called in to untangle the web.
Gamadge’s methodical investigation and keen perception ultimately bring the hidden truths to light, establishing this third volume as the turning point in the Henry Gamadge series.
First publish date: 1941
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Elizabeth Daly
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