Books like Pick Up Sticks by Emma Lathen
When John Putnam Thatcher, a Wall Street banker, and his Down East companion Henry Morland set out to hike the Appalachian Trail, they never imagined discovering a dead body. Similarly, real-estate developers Eddie Quinlan and Ralph Valenti become unwilling hosts to a killer at their new luxury vacation development. The plot thickens as the head of the Sloan Guaranty Trust Department must again employ his financial expertise and investigative instincts to unravel the mystery of a man who seemingly had no enemies worthy of murder.
First publish date: 1971
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Emma Lathen
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