Title | Murder in the Cellar |
Year of Publication | 1931 |
Publication Type | Novel |
Number of Pages or Episodes | 311 p. |
Language | English |
Authors | Eppley, Louise, Gayton, Rebecca |
Publisher | William & Morrow Co. |
City | New York |
Keywords | dinner parties; KDKA radio station; murder mystery games; wealthy people |
Abstract | Cartier and Felice Cadel host several couples for a weekend-long house party at their estate in Coalville—a fictitious, Ohio River mining town. A whodunnit ensues as Betts “Mouse” Smith, a party guest and the novel’s narrator, plays detective. |
Author Biography | Louise Rose Eppley (unknown-1975), educated at Ohio State University, taught at the University of Wisconsin, Washington State University, and Brooklyn College. A novelist, Eppley was a regular contributor to The New Yorker. Rebecca Fordyce Gayton (unknown-1964) graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1916. She was a civic leader in Youngstown, Ohio. |
Time | 1930s |