There's sinister goings on at the Richelieu. Can Miss Adams, commonly known as "The Old Battle-Axe," solve the mystery before it turns deadly? In a small Southern town in a quaint old hotel Adelaide Adams is knitting, unprepared for the reign of terror and bloodshed that is about to begin. If she had been prepared she would - in spite of her bulk and an arthritic knee - have taken to her heels then and there. "A deliciously old-fashioned whodunnit." "Miss Adams is a force to be reckoned with." Murder a la Richelieu is Miss Adams' first mystery. Her next thrilling escapade, There is No Return, is also available."