{"product_id":"9781480460287","title":"Death of an Old Sinner","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Grand Master of crime fiction, Dorothy Salisbury Davis introduces the redoubtable crime-solving Scottish housekeeper Mrs. Norris in this thrilling tale of family secrets and murder\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e General Ransom Jarvis is writing his memoirs about a distinguished career that spanned five continents and three wars. Along the way, he stumbles upon a scandal about a philandering ancestor—America’s ambassador to England who went on to become president of the United States. But a very clear and present danger embroils the irascible retired general in a deepening quagmire of deceit, fraud, and murder. \u003cbr\u003e Enter Mrs. Norris, the housekeeper who has been almost a mother to Ransom’s son since he was a boy. Jimmie is currently running for governor of New York and enjoying his budding relationship with sculptor Helene Joyce. A sudden death changes everything, plunging Jimmie and Mrs. Norris into a bizarre case headed up by Jasper Tully, chief investigator for the Manhattan district attorney’s office. With more lives at stake, the trio follows lead after lead into a web of crime that only the canny housekeeper can clean up in the nick of time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath of an Old Sinner\u003c\/i\u003e is the first novel in Dorothy Salisbury Davis’s Mrs. Norris Mysteries, which also include \u003ci\u003eA Gentleman Called\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award; \u003ci\u003eOld Sinners Never Die\u003c\/i\u003e; and “Mrs. Norris Observes,” a short story in the collection \u003ci\u003eTales for a Stormy Night\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath of an Old Sinner \u003c\/i\u003eis the 1st book in the Mrs. Norris Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.\u003c\/b\u003e ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177240445168,"sku":"9781480460287","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480460287_p0.jpg?v=1763619611","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480460287","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}