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The Withdrawing Room

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Wait time: About 4 weeks
Death pays a visit to Sarah Kelling's Boston boardinghouse in this cozy mystery from the bestselling author of the Peter Shandy series. Though the inheritance from her dearly departed Alexander was meant to set Sarah Kelling up for life, it vanishes quickly in the face of hounding from charitable organizations and the IRS. Facing the loss of her stately Back Bay brownstone, Sarah opens her home to lodgers-deciding she prefers a boardinghouse to the poorhouse. Soon she is cooking meals and serving tea for a cast of quirky residents, a cozy little family that would be quite happy were it not for the unpleasant presence of a certain Barnwell Augustus Quiffen-a man so rude that no one really minds when he is squashed beneath a subway car. Sarah replaces her lost boarder quickly, and the family dynamic is restored. But when another lodger dies suddenly, the boardinghouse appears to be cursed. Now it will take more than a glass of sherry to soothe Sarah's panicked residents, and she must turn to detective Max Bittersohn for help before her boarders bolt.
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    • AudioFile Magazine
      In this second contemporary mystery featuring Sarah Kelling, the young, penniless widow is forced to turn her four-story brownstone in the heart of Boston into a boardinghouse. It seems the perfect solution until two boarders, both occupants of the withdrawing room suite, are brutally murdered a few weeks apart. Already an enthusiastic amateur detective, Sarah is helped by her basement boarder, art expert Max Bittersohn, to untangle the knotted truth, which is tied up with rare Hawaiian artifacts. Mary Peiffer's versatile voice helps keep the large cast of roomers and relatives sorted, using a wide array of distinctive accents and a 20-something wistfulness for Landlady Sarah. Listeners will wonder who'll be withdrawn next. E.V. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

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