The So Blue Marble (American Mystery Classics)

The So Blue Marble (American Mystery Classics) by Dorothy B. Hughes

The society pages announce it before she even arrives: Criselda Satterlee, daughter of the princess of Rome has left her career as an actress behind and is traveling to Manhattan to reinvent herself as a fashion designer. They also announce the return of the dashing Montefierrow twins to New York after a twelve-year sojourn in Europe. But after these three aristocrats meet during an evening walk, their polite conversation quickly takes a menacing turn: the twins have purposefully sought Griselda out to demand the rare and powerful gem they believe to be stashed in her apartment. Baffled by their request, she pushes them away, but they won't take no for an answer. And when they return, accompanied by Griselda's long-estranged younger sister, the murders begin.

Drenched in the glamour and luxury of the New York elite, The So Blue Marble is a suspense novel in which nothing is quite as it seems. In 1941, the book was included in Howard Haycraft's definitive list of mystery fiction titles.

Dorothy B. Hughes (1904 - 1993) was a mystery author and literary critic, best known for In a Lonely Place and Ride the Pink Horse. The So Blue Marble was her first novel.