The Hangman's Whip
The Hangman's Whip is an American mystery novel by Mignon G. Eberhart. It was published by Doubleday, Doran in 1940 and would be the last of Eberhart's novels with the company before moving to Random House.[1]
Plot
[edit]A young Chicago socialite named Search Abbott still carries a torch for Richard Bohan, an old flame who has since married. Declining the marriage proposal of another man, Search is reunited with Richard, who promises that his marriage is over. When Richard's covetous wife Eve turns up dead, however, everyone but Search naturally assumed that Richard is to blame.[2]
Reception
[edit]The book received mostly positive reviews.[3] Isaac Anderson's New York Times review said of The Hangman's Whip: "The suspense in this story mounts steadily from the beginning to the dramatic climax. Mignon Eberhart, who has written many excellent mystery stories, has seldom, if ever, produced one better than The Hangman's Whip."[4]
Eberhart herself was extremely critical of the first edition dust jacket, describing it as "hideous" in her private correspondence.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Cypert, Rick. America's Agatha Christie: Mignon Good Eberhart, Her Life and Works. Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press, 2005, p 100. Accessed 25 March 2018.
- ^ [Open Road Integrated Media https://openroadmedia.com/ebook/The-Hangmans-Whip/9781453257289]. Accessed 25 September 2018.
- ^ Cypert 100
- ^ Anderson, Isaac. "New Mystery Stories". New York Times. 19 May 1940;. p 98. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index. Accessed 25 March 2018.
- ^ Cypert 100