If Grace Dilworth had come back from her long cruise with an ocelot or a two-foot Pygmy, it wouldn't have caused much talk among the citizens of Wingate, Connecticut. They take oddities in their stide. But Grace has arrived home with six-foot Davin Lowry in tow, and what's more, she's keeping him right on the premises of the Dilworth estate. The town gossips are swinging through the grapevine in outraged glee.
When Lucy Ramsdale hears about it, she's slightly annoyed. She has had some plans of her own for Grace which include a little matchmaking with Inspector James McDougal.
Grace chooses a board meeing of the Dilworth Arts and Crafts Center to exhibit Davin, and to announce that they have acquired some advant-guard sculpture to be displayed on the grounds of the Center. Of course the rose garden will have to be torn out...
The members of the board are less than enthusiastic about the hulking far-out shapes Grace and Davin have chosen. What use is a ten-foot steel piece looking like a hat rack made of swords and titled "Touch Therapy"?
Before long, somebody finds a use for "Touch Therapy" - and Inspector McDougal finds David Lowry impaled on it.
Hildegard Dolson has written a witty whodunit, featuring a real puzzler of a plot and the same entertaining people she introduced in To Spite Her Face - plus some new characters, several of whom are engaged in an ofbeat relationship.
When Lucy Ramsdale hears about it, she's slightly annoyed. She has had some plans of her own for Grace which include a little matchmaking with Inspector James McDougal.
Grace chooses a board meeing of the Dilworth Arts and Crafts Center to exhibit Davin, and to announce that they have acquired some advant-guard sculpture to be displayed on the grounds of the Center. Of course the rose garden will have to be torn out...
The members of the board are less than enthusiastic about the hulking far-out shapes Grace and Davin have chosen. What use is a ten-foot steel piece looking like a hat rack made of swords and titled "Touch Therapy"?
Before long, somebody finds a use for "Touch Therapy" - and Inspector McDougal finds David Lowry impaled on it.
Hildegard Dolson has written a witty whodunit, featuring a real puzzler of a plot and the same entertaining people she introduced in To Spite Her Face - plus some new characters, several of whom are engaged in an ofbeat relationship.
