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Unpunished : a mystery

Title: Unpunished : a mystery / Charlotte Perkins Gilman ; edited and with an afterword by Catherine J. Golden and Denise D. Knight.
Author: Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935.
Publication: New York : Feminist Press, 1997.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	PS1744.G57 U56 1997	Off-site

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Description

ix, 244 pages; 19 cm

Summary

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's first and only detective novel begins with a murder to confound any mystery fan: a local attorney, Wade Vaughn, is found dead in his study with a bullet in his temple, a knife in his back, a gaping wound in his skull, a cord around his neck, and a poisoned whiskey glass by his side.
As the plot unfolds, it reveals motives for murder as numerous as the means: Vaughn is an evil man who has abused and blackmailed clients, servants, and family members, driven his wife to suicide, and devised a sinister plan for forcing marriage upon his young stepdaughter.
The task of untangling this multitudinous mystery falls to a husband-and-wife detective team. The good-natured and resourceful Jim Hunt is sometimes outshone by his clever and intrepid wife Bess, a former journalist, who goes undercover as a servant in the dead man's home. When Bess and Jim finally discover the solution - through secret diaries, hidden surveillance, and last-minute confession - it surprises even them.
Unpunished is a mystery with a message; Gilman weaves her case for women's freedom and empowerment into a story rich in twists and turns, colorful characters, red herrings, and wry humor.

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ISBN

1558611703 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

96053526

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Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries