A Grand Master of crime fiction, Dorothy Salisbury Davis introduces the redoubtable crime-solving Scottish housekeeper Mrs. Norris in this thrilling tale of family secrets and murder General Ransom Jarvis is writing his memoirs about a distinguished career that spanned five continents and three wars. Along the way, he stumbles upon a scandal about a philandering ancestor America s ambassador to England who went on to become president of the United States. But a very clear and present danger embroils the irascible retired general in a deepening quagmire of deceit, fraud, and murder. Enter Mrs. Norris, the housekeeper who has been almost a mother to Ransom s son since he was a boy. Jimmie is currently running for governor of New York and enjoying his budding relationship with sculptor Helene Joyce. A sudden death changes everything, plunging Jimmie and Mrs. Norris into a bizarre case headed up by Jasper Tully, chief investigator for the Manhattan district attorney s office. With more lives at stake, the trio follows lead after lead into a web of crime that only the canny housekeeper can clean up in the nick of time."Death of an Old Sinner"is the first novel in Dorothy Salisbury Davis s Mrs. Norris Mysteries, which also include"A Gentleman Called," a finalist for the Mystery Writers of America s Edgar Award;"Old Sinners Never Die"; and Mrs. Norris Observes, a short story in the collection"Tales for a Stormy Night.""Death of an Old Sinner "is the 1st book in the Mrs. Norris Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order."