Professor Parry was tall, blond and handsome. His only flaws were his thinning hair and an uncontrollable urge to inject original limericks into every conversation. When a black-haired, black-eyed professor of French (whose accent was said to take on the flavor of garlic when she ...

Clifford Flush founded the Asterisk Club in Chelsea to provide a home for wrongfully acquitted murderers, being one himself. Qualified prospective members need only to name the club as beneficiary in their wilts in order to avail themselves of its comforts and unique services. Unfortunately, ...

There was no question that Agatha Bunson hated her cook. Em could cook. Just about everyone agreed on that point. Agatha, however, despised Em's slovenly ways and was forever cleaning up after her. If she could, she would have fired Em ages ago. But an odd clause in her father's will ...

During the waning months of World War II, sharp-tongued Eugenia Gates accepts Mary Fredon's invitation to borrow her apartment for an unexpected two-week vacation. Mary herself is away recuperating from her own unexpected development—her colorless husband Homer apparently has ...

Professor of horticulture James Yeats Biddle is more comfortable with his tomato plants than with dead bodies—or pretty young women. But when one pretty young woman, reporter Kay Ritchie, hitches a ride in his aged but cherished sports car, Xantippe, he suddenly finds himself ...

Haila Rogers has landed a nice supporting role in the Broadway production of the fluffy English drawing room comedy, Green Apples, when herboyfriend Jeff Troy finally pops the question. He also tells her he's been invited to take a "vacation" from his advertising job. Still, things ...